Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist - Salem, VA
- 12-hour shifts
- Travel
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How this pay compares
This assignment posts $1,752 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel respiratory therapist assignments post a median of $2,022 a week, the middle half $1,796 to $2,222, across 620 assignments, so this one is below the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.
What Virginia requires of a respiratory therapist
Respiratory therapist license, from the Virginia Board of Medicine.
- Verification of professional education (graduate of an accredited program, or current NBRC CRT or RRT credentialing), and evidence of passing the NBRC entry-level exam (18VAC85-40-40, 40-45, 40-50).
- Staying active: Renew biennially in each odd-numbered year in the birth month and attest to continuing education (18VAC85-40-60).
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About the job
This travel Registered Respiratory Therapist job in Salem, VA with Advantis Medical is a 13-week travel Registered Respiratory Therapist contract at Lewisgale Medical Center. This role pays $1,752 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 Virginia and national regulatory bodies
Lewisgale Medical Center - Salem, VA
LewisGale Medical Center is the flagship of HCA's LewisGale Regional Health System, serving the Roanoke Valley and southwest Virginia with trauma, cardiac, neuroscience, and surgical care.
- A Level II Trauma Center with 24/7 in-house trauma surgeons keeps CT, X-ray, and ultrasound in steady use.
- The heart program runs a cardiac catheterization lab, electrophysiology, and robotic-assisted cardiothoracic surgery, with TAVR and CABG.
- A neuroscience program covers neurosurgery, aneurysm, epilepsy, and stroke care, anchored by a Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center and an ACC-accredited Chest Pain Center.
- Beyond the heart, the OR covers orthopedic joint replacement, spine, and general and specialty surgery.
- Imaging spans CT, CT angiography, MRI, nuclear medicine, and PET, with Sarah Cannon Network cancer care and graduate medical education on site; Meditech is the EMR.
From Advantis Medical's job posting, checked 12 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Advantis Medical
Travel nursing and allied staffing company, certified by The Joint Commission, placing registered nurses, therapists and imaging technologists on contracts of 8 (source: Advantis Medical, FAQs for Travel Nurses & Allied Health Clinicians) to 26 weeks (most 13 weeks) at hospitals across the US. Sources: Advantis Medical, About Us; Advantis Medical, FAQs for Travel Nurses & Allied Health Clinicians
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