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Travel Respiratory Therapist Registered - San Antonio, TX

Cross Country Healthcare logoCross Country Healthcare$1,395–$1,400/wkContractPosted 1d agoStill open, checked every night

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How this pay compares

This assignment posts $1,398 a week, the agency's gross: a taxable hourly rate plus housing and meal stipends. Open travel respiratory therapist assignments post a median of $2,005 a week, the middle half $1,773 to $2,215, across 657 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.

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Tax-free stipend limit here

GSA's per diem rate for San Antonio, TX (GSA's San Antonio area) is $149 a night for lodging in November 2026 and $74 a day for meals and incidentals: $1,561 a week. Agencies set tax-free housing and meal stipends against it, for a traveler who keeps a tax home elsewhere; the posting's own figure says what this assignment pays. Stipend limits in Texas.

What Texas requires of a respiratory therapist

Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) certificate (Texas calls it a certificate; the board also calls it a license), from the Texas Medical Board.

  • A certified transcript from the program, a birth document, DPS/FBI fingerprints, the Texas jurisprudence exam, and a current NBRC certificate or verification sent to the TMB.

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About the job

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting 14 Dec 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $1,400 a week in all, a taxable rate of $15 an hour plus $860.38 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Respiratory Therapist Registered, RT PEDS, Live Oak, TX. The role provides respiratory care across the facility, supporting intensive care, emergency, inpatient, and COVID-19 units. Responsibilities include ventilator and BiPAP checks, arterial blood gas testing, nebulizer treatments, airway clearance therapies, oxygen assessments, and nitric oxide management.

Job Details

  • Schedule: Nights; 12-hour shifts; 36 hours per week.
  • Required Qualifications:
  • One year of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) respiratory therapy experience
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
  • Additional Information:
  • Supports respiratory care for adult patients across multiple clinical areas, including intensive care, emergency, inpatient, and COVID-19 units.
  • Typical patient assignments include four to six ventilated patients per intensive care respiratory therapist or 30 to 40 units of service.
  • Clinical responsibilities include ventilator and BiPAP checks, arterial blood gas testing, hand-held nebulizer treatments, chest physiotherapy using MetaNeb or a vest, oxygen checks, and nitric oxide administration.
  • Four weekend shifts are scheduled within each four-week schedule.
  • No on-call requirement is indicated.
  • Olive or sage scrub tops with black bottoms are required; operating room scrubs may be worn in the COVID-19 unit.
  • A positive, team-focused approach is preferred.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

  • Private housing or generous housing allowance
  • Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
  • Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
  • Competitive salaries
  • Referral bonuses
  • Travel reimbursement
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Direct deposit/free checking
  • Unlimited free CE credits

From Cross Country Healthcare's job posting for San Antonio, TX, checked 12 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

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About Cross Country Healthcare

National healthcare staffing company in Boca Raton, Florida, placing travel nurses, allied professionals and therapists, with local contract and per diem work too. Source: Cross Country, Travel FAQs

Based in Boca Raton, FLHires in 51 statesPay on its listings: 0.7% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

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