Travel Respiratory Therapist Registered - Long Beach, CA

Travel assignment, 12 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 16, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,088 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25 an hour plus $1,187.55 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Respiratory Therapist — Respiratory Therapist Registered: This 13-week contract supports neonatal and pediatric respiratory care on night shifts. The role provides care for neonates, infants, pediatric patients, and adolescents and includes management of advanced respiratory support equipment in a critical-care environment.

Job Details

• Schedule: Night shift schedule consisting of three 12-hour shifts per week from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., for a minimum of 36 hours per week. Contract dates are 11/16/2026 through 02/08/2027.
• Required Qualifications: Basic Life Support (BLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Respiratory Therapist Registered (RRT) certifications; state license in hand; at least two years of experience; pediatric experience; and neonatal intensive care unit experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience in pediatric intensive care and general pediatrics.
• Float: Float rotation may be required.
• Additional Information: Patient populations include neonates, infants, pediatric patients, and adolescents. Clinical responsibilities include managing bubble continuous positive airway pressure, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, high-frequency jet ventilation, Servo-U ventilators, and Astral home ventilators. Every-other-call coverage is required.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits