Registered Respiratory Therapist
Tallahassee, FL
American Traveler
3x12 hrs, Nights

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: Jun 1, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking a Registered Respiratory Therapist with critical care and emergency care experience for a 13-week night shift assignment at an acute-care hospital.

Details

• Work in the Respiratory Therapy department of a 266-bed acute-care hospital
• Rotate through inpatient units including two 10-bed ICUs
• Care for adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients as within scope of practice
• Perform aerosol treatments, Bipap management, and ventilator management
• Use various ventilators, Bipaps, Puritan Bennett 980 ventilators, Vapotherm, Phillips V60+, and Siemens EPOC bedside ABG analyzers
• Documentation completed in Meditech
• Night shift schedule from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM
• Minimum of three 12-hour shifts per week with rotating weekends
• Floats throughout all inpatient units

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of experience required
• ICU and ER critical adult care experience with weekend rotations required
• Level 2 NICU and pediatric care experience within scope
• BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NRP certifications required
• License required if applicable
• US Social Security Number and date of birth required for consideration
• No gaps in work history equaling 90 days or more in the past 12 months

Additional Information

• Join a team of 30 respiratory therapists with varying levels of experience
• RTs work at the top of their license performing tasks such as intubation, arterial line insertion, and bedside bronchoscopy assist
• Participate in daily interdisciplinary nursing unit rounding
• Use AIDET communication framework for patient experience
• Scrubs required as dress code
• Candidates must live outside a 50-mile radius of the facility, no local candidates accepted
• First-time travelers may be considered