Travel Respiratory Therapist

Job Description\n Care Career is seeking a travel Registered Respiratory Therapist for a travel job in Janesville, Wisconsin.Job Description & Requirements\n \n Specialty: Registered Respiratory Therapist\n Discipline: Allied Health Professional\n Start Date: 09/26/2026\n Duration: 13 weeks\n 36 hours per week\n Shift: 12 hours, nights\n Employment Type: Travel\n \n \n \n Respiratory Therapist – Travel AssignmentLocation: WisconsinStart Date: 08/18/2026Contract: 13 WeeksShift: Nights – 3×12-hour shiftsShift Time: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AMWeekend: Every other weekendHoliday: Rotating holiday schedule\n Position Overview\n Care Career is seeking an experienced Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) for a 13-week travel assignment. The Respiratory Therapist will provide comprehensive cardiopulmonary care, respiratory treatments, mechanical ventilation management, emergency respiratory support, and patient/family education.\n The ideal candidate will have strong experience with invasive and non-invasive ventilation, adult and pediatric respiratory care, emergency response, airway management, and critical-care respiratory services.\n Required Qualifications\n \n Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Care Program\n Education verification required\n Current Wisconsin Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) license\n Current RRT – Registered Respiratory Therapist credential through NBRC\n Current AHA Provider Level BLS\n Current NRP – Neonatal Resuscitation Program\n Active state license required at the time of assignment\n Schedule\n \n 3×12-hour night shifts\n 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM\n Every other weekend\n Rotating holiday schedule\n 13-week contract\n Key Responsibilities\n \n Perform routine respiratory therapies for the treatment, diagnosis, and evaluation of cardiopulmonary conditions.\n Conduct emergency rounds, oxygen saturation checks, and titrate oxygen according to established protocols.\n Initiate, monitor, evaluate, and wean invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation.\n Assess patients and recommend appropriate respiratory therapies, treatment changes, frequencies, and duration based on clinical findings.\n Administer medications and oxygen through therapist-driven protocols.\n Assess patients before and after medications, procedures, and respiratory devices.\n Educate patients and families regarding respiratory therapies, medications, treatment goals, and equipment.\n Document patient assessments, treatments, response to therapy, and ongoing respiratory care.\n Set up, calibrate, maintain, and troubleshoot mechanical ventilators and non-invasive ventilation devices.\n Demonstrate competency with therapeutic bronchoscopies and pulmonary function screening.\n Clean, disinfect, assemble, and maintain respiratory equipment and departmental supplies.\n Respond to emergency and code situations and assist with chest compressions, airway management, airway stabilization, and ventilator support according to AHA guidelines.\n Transport critically ill adult patients on mechanical ventilation or non-invasive ventilation for procedures and diagnostic testing.\n Provide developmentally appropriate respiratory care to pediatric and adult patients when assigned.\n Participate in community education, in-services, continuing education, and professional development activities.\n Required Clinical Competencies\n \n Mechanical Ventilation\n Invasive Ventilation\n Non-Invasive Ventilation\n Ventilator Weaning\n CPAP/BiPAP\n Oxygen Therapy\n Oxygen Titration\n Aerosol Therapy\n Cardiopulmonary Assessment\n Airway Management\n Airway Stabilization\n Emergency/Code Response\n Chest Compressions\n Ventilator Troubleshooting\n Bronchoscopy\n Pulmonary Function Screening\n Oxygen Saturation Monitoring\n Respiratory Medication Administration\n Pediatric Respiratory Care\n Adult Respiratory Care\n Critical-Care Patient Transport\n Patient/Family Education\n Respiratory Documentation\n Certifications & Licensure\n Required:\n \n Wisconsin Respiratory Care Practitioner License\n NBRC RRT\n AHA BLS\n NRP\n Testing / Compliance\n Required competency/testing includes:\n \n Core Mandatory Part I\n Core Mandatory Part II – Allied\n Core Mandatory Part III\n Core Mandatory Exam – Allied/Non-Nursing\n Respiratory Therapist Skills Assessment\n Respiratory Therapy Exam\n BLSContract Length: 13 weeksPosition Urgency: Normal\n \n \n Quick OffersAbout Care Career\n \n Care Career brings together a portfolio of leading healthcare staffing organizations, each delivering specialized talent solutions across the industry. Wherever you want to go, We Make It Happen.\n With travel nursing jobs across the country, you can discover the possibilities that create the lifestyle and financial position that you have dreamed of.\n Care Career is a modern, transparent staffing firm creating the ultimate community of US.\n \n Benefits\n \n Referral bonus\n Weekly pay\n Medical benefits\n Continuing Education\n Dental benefits\n Vision benefits\n \n