Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist - Little Rock, AR

This travel Registered Respiratory Therapist job in Little Rock, AR with Advantis Medical is a 13-week travel Registered Respiratory Therapist contract at Arkansas Children's Hospital. This role pays $2,043 per week and follows a Nights shift with a 3x12 schedule.

In this travel Registered Respiratory Therapist job, you will support patient care through specialty-specific clinical services, perform assessments and treatments within your scope of practice, document patient progress, operate relevant medical equipment, and collaborate with physicians and the broader care team to help deliver quality patient outcomes.

Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with personalized recruiter guidance, fast and straightforward onboarding, complimentary licensing support, and benefits that start on Day 1.

Responsibilities

• Assess respiratory status and deliver ordered therapies, including aerosolized medications and oxygen management, across assigned units
• Set up, monitor, and manage mechanical ventilators, supporting weaning per physician orders and facility protocol
• Draw and analyze arterial blood gases per facility protocol
• Respond to rapid responses and codes, providing airway support and assisting with intubation when assigned

Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist Requirements

• 2+ years of recent Registered Respiratory Therapist experience
• Must hold all required Registered Respiratory Therapist certifications and licenses as mandated by Arkansas and national regulatory bodies

Arkansas Children's Hospital — Little Rock, AR

Everything at Arkansas Children's is built for kids, which gives allied techs a fully pediatric caseload — imaging, respiratory, surgical, and lab work tuned to patients from birth to 21, with the subspecialty depth of the state's only children's referral hospital.

• Pediatric CT, MRI, and ultrasound sized for children, plus a magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for neurosurgical planning — the only MEG in Arkansas.
• The state's only Level IV NICU and only PICU generate steady neonatal and pediatric respiratory-therapy work.
• The only ACS Level 1–verified pediatric surgery program in the state, plus the only pediatric burn center, for specialized surgical and wound-care techs.
• Nationally ranked pediatric cardiology and heart surgery support cath-lab and cardiovascular roles, backed by a 30-bed pediatric CVICU.
• A nationally recognized pediatric transport team feeds high-acuity imaging and procedural cases from across the state.