Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist - Columbia, SC

This travel Registered Respiratory Therapist job in Columbia, SC with Advantis Medical is a 13-week travel Registered Respiratory Therapist contract at Prisma Health - Richland Hospital. This role pays $1,825 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 South Carolina and national regulatory bodies

Prisma Health Richland Hospital — Columbia, SC

Prisma Health Richland's allied work spans a full academic-referral range — Level I trauma, the state's only freestanding heart hospital, a comprehensive stroke and VAD program, and a Gamma Knife.

• Level I trauma volume keeps CT, interventional radiology, and trauma imaging in regular use, with ground and air transport bringing in critical patients from 16 counties.
• The freestanding heart hospital and a VAD program drive cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology, and cardiovascular-surgery procedural work for cath-lab, EP, and cardiac OR support roles.
• The Carolinas' first Gamma Knife Center and a Comprehensive Stroke Center support stereotactic radiosurgery and neuro/stroke imaging.
• The Children's Hospital–Midlands adds pediatric and neonatal respiratory therapy and imaging across its PICU and Level III NICU.
• A large surgical platform and academic-scale imaging feed surgical-tech, sterile-processing, and diagnostic roles.