Respiratory Therapist
Tacoma, WA
Care Career
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

🫁 Travel Respiratory Therapist – RRT/CRT Job Description

Discipline: Respiratory Therapist
Shift: 12-Hour Nights | 6:00 PM – 6:30 AM
Schedule: 3 nights/week | Every Other Weekend (EOW)
Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours/week
Contract: 13 weeks

🏥 Department Details

• Department: Respiratory Therapy (RT)
• Patient Population: Adults
• Care Setting: Acute Care
• Areas Covered: Inpatient & Emergency Department (ED)
• Treatments: Approximately 5–6 ventilator patients per day
• Hospitalist/Intensivist: In-house
• Charting: EPIC
• Orientation: Department-specific orientation provided

👩‍⚕️ Required Qualifications

• RRT preferred
• CRT will be considered/reviewed
• BLS required
• ACLS required
• Must have Critical Care experience
• Must have Mechanical Ventilation experience
• BSN: Not required
• License: Required for submission

🫁 Key RT Skills & Duties

• Manage patients requiring mechanical ventilation
• Perform ABG draws and analysis
  • From arterial lines
  • From arterial punctures
• Assist with intubations
• Provide respiratory care to adult acute-care patients
• Work with critical-care patients in inpatient and ED settings

🛠️ Equipment

• 840 / 980 ventilators
• V60
• Vapotherm

📅 Scheduling

• Night shift: 6:00 PM – 6:30 AM
• 3 shifts/week
• 36 hours/week guaranteed
• Every other weekend
• No call/standby requirement
• Therapist will not be the only RT in-house

👥 Staffing

• Leads are present on each shift and also carry a patient workload
• RT Manager: Greg Ward
• No dedicated supervisor noted

🔑 Submission Must-Haves

BLS + ACLS + RRT/CRT + Critical Care experience + Mechanical Ventilation experience + active license.

RRT is preferred, but CRT candidates can be reviewed.