Travel Respiratory Therapist Registered - Santa Rosa, CA
- 12-hour shifts
- Travel
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- NRP
- Compact (multistate) license
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How this pay compares
This assignment posts $1,978 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 within the middle half of what they post. Staff pay is hourly and carries no stipends, so it is not set beside it.
Tax-free stipend limit here
GSA's per diem rate for Santa Rosa, CA (GSA's Santa Rosa area) is $163 a night for lodging in November 2026 and $86 a day for meals and incidentals: $1,743 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 California.
What California requires of a respiratory therapist
Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) License, from the Respiratory Care Board of California.
- Complete a CoARC-accredited respiratory care program and hold at least an associate degree from a regionally accredited institution; hold the NBRC RRT credential (a CRT earned before January 1, 2015 is exempt); complete an RCB-approved law and professional ethics course.
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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 $1,978 a week in all, a taxable rate of $25 an hour plus $1,078.34 a week in housing and meal stipends.
Job Summary
Respiratory Therapist Registered specializing in RT PEDS - location not provided. The position provides respiratory care for adolescent, infant, adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients on a 12-hour night schedule. Responsibilities include evaluating, assessing, and treating patients under respiratory care protocols while applying strong critical-thinking skills in a regional trauma center environment.
Job Details
- Schedule: Night shift, 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 1 year of experience.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT), and California licensure.
- Compact license must be in hand at submission.
- Community hospital experience required.
- Electronic charting system experience required.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Level I or Level II trauma experience preferred.
- Additional Information:
- Provides care for patients across adolescent, infant, adult, pediatric, and geriatric age groups.
- Evaluates, assesses, and treats patients according to respiratory care protocols.
- Supports patients with a broad range of diagnoses and requires strong critical-thinking skills.
- Performs respiratory care procedures involving ventilatory support, airway management, arterial blood gas interpretation, tracheostomy care, suctioning, oxygen therapy, and mechanical ventilation weaning.
- Collaborates with physical therapy, respiratory services, interpretation services, phlebotomy, radiology, social services, rapid response teams, pharmacy, and unit support staff.
- Completes 40 hours of orientation.
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, 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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