Travel Respiratory Therapist - NICU - $2,413 per week
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Job: Travel Certified Respiratory Therapy - NICU (Travel Respiratory Therapist - NICU RT)
- Location: Portland, Oregon (children's teaching hospital)
- Start Date: 10/13/2026 (Oct 13, 2026)
- Duration: 13 weeks
- Hours: 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights (Night shift, 3x12 hours, 19:00-7:30)
- Employment Type: Travel
- Assignment Overview: same as above.
- Description: Provides respiratory care across NICU, PICU, emergency department, and pediatric & adult acute/intermediate care wards at a children's teaching hospital. Night shift, 3x12 hours, 19:00-7:30. No call requirements. Candidates may float within the hospital or to nearby affiliate hospitals per unit needs. Epic EMR experience preferred.
- Requirements: Active RRT certification required; BLS certification required (AHA Traditional, RQI not accepted); NRP and PALS certifications required; Minimum 2 years of NICU or PICU experience required, ideally from a large facility and within the last year; OR state license required if applicable; pending license acceptable with option to apply upon offer; Epic charting experience required for consideration; Teaching hospital and Trauma Level I experience preferred; Skilled in ventilator management including CPAP, BiPAP, high frequency jet ventilator, and oscillating ventilator; Experience with neonatal/pediatric equipment including bubble CPAP, umbilical blood gases, and high-flow nasal cannula; Experience caring for patients with ARDS, RSV, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and respiratory distress syndrome; Skilled in airway management including intubation assist, extubation, and tracheostomy care; Two manager or supervisor references from an employer within the last 24 months required (charge RN references not accepted); Proof of COVID vaccination required with no exemptions accepted; Must not have any background or license hits, as OHSU conducts a comprehensive lifetime background review.
- Additional Information: Delivers therapeutic interventions including airway management, ventilator management, newborn resuscitation, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Performs diagnostic procedures including arterial blood sampling, bedside spirometry, and point of care testing; Applies age-specific care approaches in line with the hospital's Family Centered Care Program; Assists and trains other respiratory therapists, students, and healthcare team members; Completes required competency testing and in-services to maintain scope of practice; Charts and charges for all services provided per hospital policy; First-time travelers will be considered for this position; Local candidates accepted at the same pay rate with no radius restriction; RTO must be submitted upfront and cannot exceed 2 weeks; Former OHSU employees or travelers must be gone at least 6 months before returning as a traveler, and require a reference from their previous OHSU manager; Refusal to float as requested may result in contract cancellation.
- Pay package: based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
- Benefits: American Traveler offers exceptional benefits, including premium medical, dental, vision and life insurance beginning day one of your assignment, generous 401(k) match, substantial housing stipends, and more. Additionally, with 24/7 support and access to our in-house clinicians, you are assured confidence and comfort throughout your assignment.
- Schedule: Already covered: Night shift, 3x12 hours, 19:00-7:30, 36 hrs/wk.
We need sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to decide what goes where. The instructions: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
Thus we need to include sections only if there is real specific content. We have content for:
- About the role: Could be description of role (overview). The posting includes "Description" and "Assignment Overview". So we can put that under About the role.
- Responsibilities: The posting includes "Additional Information" which lists duties: therapeutic interventions, diagnostic procedures, age-specific care, assists/trains, competency testing, charts/charges. Also "Details" includes providing respiratory care across units, night shift, no call, may float, Epic EMR experience preferred. Those could be responsibilities.
- Requirements: The posting includes "Requirements" bullet list: certifications, experience, license, Epic charting, references, COVID vaccination, background check.
- Qualifications: Might overlap with Requirements; but we can treat Requirements as qualifications? The instruction says we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections if there is distinct content. The posting also mentions "Preferred" items: Teaching hospital and Trauma Level I experience preferred; Epic EMR experience preferred (but also required for consideration). Actually Epic charting experience required for consideration. So we could separate required vs preferred. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Requirements and Qualifications into one? But we have to follow instruction: Use headings only if there is real specific content. We could have Requirements (required) and Qualifications (preferred). However the posting includes both required and preferred items. So we could have Requirements for required items, Qualifications for preferred items.
- Skills: Could be specific skills like ventilator management, equipment, airway management, etc. Those are listed under Requirements as well. Could be separate Skills section.
- Benefits: The posting includes benefits description from American Traveler: premium medical, dental, vision, life insurance day one, generous 401(k) match, substantial housing stipends, 24/7 support, in-house clinicians. So we have Benefits.
- Pay: The posting mentions "Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined." That's specific enough to create Pay section.
- Schedule: The posting includes shift details: Night shift, 3x12 hours, 19:00-7:30, 36 hrs/wk. So we have Schedule.
Thus we can include all sections.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So we start with
About the role
etc.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them as prose or lists.
We need to avoid duplication. Ensure we don't repeat same info multiple times unnecessarily, but we must preserve all substantive info. It's okay to mention same fact in multiple sections if it's naturally placed, but better to avoid duplication.
Let's outline content:
About the role:
- Travel Certified Respiratory Therapy - NICU position at a children's teaching hospital in Portland, Oregon.
- Start date: Oct 13, 2026.
- Duration: 13 weeks.
- Hours: 36 hours per week.
- Shift: Nights, 3x12 hour shifts (19:00-7:30).
- Employment type: Travel.
- No call requirements.
- May float within hospital or to nearby affiliate hospitals per unit needs.
- Epic EMR experience preferred.
- Provides respiratory care across NICU, PICU, emergency department, and pediatric & adult acute/intermediate care wards.
Responsibilities:
- Provide respiratory care across NICU, PICU, emergency department, and pediatric & adult acute/intermediate care wards.
- Work night shift, 3x12 hours, 19:00-7:30, no call.
- May float within hospital or to nearby affiliate hospitals per unit needs.
- Use Epic EMR (preferred).
- Deliver therapeutic interventions: airway management, ventilator management, newborn resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Perform diagnostic procedures: arterial blood sampling, bedside spirometry, point of care testing.
- Apply age-specific care approaches per hospital's Family Centered Care Program.
- Assist and train other respiratory therapists, students, and healthcare team members.
- Complete required competency testing and in-services to maintain scope of practice.
- Chart and charge for all services provided per hospital policy.
- First-time travelers considered.
- Local candidates accepted at same pay rate with no radius restriction.
- RTO must be submitted upfront, not exceed 2 weeks.
- Former OHSU employees/travelers must be gone at least 6 months before returning, need reference from previous OHSU manager.
- Refusal to float as requested may result in contract cancellation.
Requirements (required):
- Active RRT certification.
- BLS certification (AHA Traditional, RQI not accepted).
- NRP and PALS certifications.
- Minimum 2 years of NICU or PICU experience, ideally from a large facility and within the last year.
- OR state license required if applicable; pending license acceptable with option to apply upon offer.
- Epic charting experience required for consideration.
- Two manager or supervisor references from an employer within the last 24 months (charge RN references not accepted).
- Proof of COVID vaccination required, no exemptions accepted.
- Must not have any background or license hits (OHSU conducts comprehensive lifetime background review).
Qualifications (preferred):
- Teaching hospital experience.
- Trauma Level I experience.
- Skilled in ventilator management including CPAP, BiPAP, high frequency jet ventilator, oscillating ventilator.
- Experience with neonatal/pediatric equipment: bubble CPAP, umbilical blood gases, high-flow nasal cannula.
- Experience caring for patients with ARDS, RSV, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, respiratory distress syndrome.
- Skilled in airway management: intubation assist, extubation, tracheostomy care.
Skills: Could be same as qualifications? Might be redundant. Perhaps we can combine Skills with Qualifications. But we need to decide if we need separate Skills section. The posting includes many specific skills; we could put them under Skills. However Qualifications already includes those as preferred. To avoid duplication, we could treat Qualifications as required qualifications, and Skills as specific technical skills. But the posting doesn't separate them clearly. To follow instruction "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones", maybe we should not create Skills if it's thin. However we have substantive content for skills (ventilator management, equipment, airway management). Could be placed under Responsibilities or Qualifications. Since we already have Qualifications for preferred experience, we could put skills there. But we need to include all substantive info; we can put them under Qualifications as bullet list.
Thus we may omit Skills section to avoid thin duplication. But the instruction says we can use Skills heading if there is real specific content. We have specific content for skills; but we could also incorporate them into Qualifications. However we need to decide which approach yields fewer sections but still covers all info. Let's see: If we put
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Thus we need to include sections only if there is real specific content. We have content for: - About the role: Could be description of role (overview). The posting includes "Description" and "Assignment Overview". So we can put that under About the role. - Responsibilities: The posting includes "Additional Information" which lists duties: therapeutic interventions, diagnostic procedures, age-specific care, assists/trains, competency testing, charts/charges. Also "Details" includes providing respiratory care across units, night shift, no call, may float, Epic EMR experience preferred. Those could be responsibilities. - Requirements: The posting includes "Requirements" bullet list: certifications, experience, license, Epic charting, references, COVID vaccination, background check. - Qualifications: Might overlap with Requirements; but we can treat Requirements as qualifications? The instruction says we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections if there is distinct content. The posting also mentions "Preferred" items: Teaching hospital and Trauma Level I experience preferred; Epic EMR experience preferred (but also required for consideration). Actually Epic charting experience required for consideration. So we could separate required vs preferred. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Requirements and Qualifications into one? But we have to follow instruction: Use headings only if there is real specific content. We could have Requirements (required) and Qualifications (preferred). However the posting includes both required and preferred items. So we could have Requirements for required items, Qualifications for preferred items. - Skills: Could be specific skills like ventilator management, equipment, airway management, etc. Those are listed under Requirements as well. Could be separate Skills section. - Benefits: The posting includes benefits description from American Traveler: premium medical, dental, vision, life insurance day one, generous 401(k) match, substantial housing stipends, 24/7 support, in-house clinicians. So we have Benefits. - Pay: The posting mentions "Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined." That's specific enough to create Pay section. - Schedule: The posting includes shift details: Night shift, 3x12 hours, 19:00-7:30, 36 hrs/wk. So we have Schedule. Thus we can include all sections. We must not repeat job title as heading. So we start with
About the role
etc. We need to preserve all substantive information. Must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them as prose or lists. We need to avoid duplication. Ensure we don't repeat same info multiple times unnecessarily, but we must preserve all substantive info. It's okay to mention same fact in multiple sections if it's naturally placed, but better to avoid duplication. Let's outline content: About the role: - Travel Certified Respiratory Therapy - NICU position at a children's teaching hospital in Portland, Oregon. - Start date: Oct 13, 2026. - Duration: 13 weeks. - Hours: 36 hours per week. - Shift: Nights, 3x12 hour shifts (19:00-7:30). - Employment type: Travel. - No call requirements. - May float within hospital or to nearby affiliate hospitals per unit needs. - Epic EMR experience preferred. - Provides respiratory care across NICU, PICU, emergency department, and pediatric & adult acute/intermediate care wards. Responsibilities: - Provide respiratory care across NICU, PICU, emergency department, and pediatric & adult acute/intermediate care wards. - Work night shift, 3x12 hours, 19:00-7:30, no call. - May float within hospital or to nearby affiliate hospitals per unit needs. - Use Epic EMR (preferred). - Deliver therapeutic interventions: airway management, ventilator management, newborn resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation. - Perform diagnostic procedures: arterial blood sampling, bedside spirometry, point of care testing. - Apply age-specific care approaches per hospital's Family Centered Care Program. - Assist and train other respiratory therapists, students, and healthcare team members. - Complete required competency testing and in-services to maintain scope of practice. - Chart and charge for all services provided per hospital policy. - First-time travelers considered. - Local candidates accepted at same pay rate with no radius restriction. - RTO must be submitted upfront, not exceed 2 weeks. - Former OHSU employees/travelers must be gone at least 6 months before returning, need reference from previous OHSU manager. - Refusal to float as requested may result in contract cancellation. Requirements (required): - Active RRT certification. - BLS certification (AHA Traditional, RQI not accepted). - NRP and PALS certifications. - Minimum 2 years of NICU or PICU experience, ideally from a large facility and within the last year. - OR state license required if applicable; pending license acceptable with option to apply upon offer. - Epic charting experience required for consideration. - Two manager or supervisor references from an employer within the last 24 months (charge RN references not accepted). - Proof of COVID vaccination required, no exemptions accepted. - Must not have any background or license hits (OHSU conducts comprehensive lifetime background review). Qualifications (preferred): - Teaching hospital experience. - Trauma Level I experience. - Skilled in ventilator management including CPAP, BiPAP, high frequency jet ventilator, oscillating ventilator. - Experience with neonatal/pediatric equipment: bubble CPAP, umbilical blood gases, high-flow nasal cannula. - Experience caring for patients with ARDS, RSV, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, respiratory distress syndrome. - Skilled in airway management: intubation assist, extubation, tracheostomy care. Skills: Could be same as qualifications? Might be redundant. Perhaps we can combine Skills with Qualifications. But we need to decide if we need separate Skills section. The posting includes many specific skills; we could put them under Skills. However Qualifications already includes those as preferred. To avoid duplication, we could treat Qualifications as required qualifications, and Skills as specific technical skills. But the posting doesn't separate them clearly. To follow instruction "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones", maybe we should not create Skills if it's thin. However we have substantive content for skills (ventilator management, equipment, airway management). Could be placed under Responsibilities or Qualifications. Since we already have Qualifications for preferred experience, we could put skills there. But we need to include all substantive info; we can put them under Qualifications as bullet list. Thus we may omit Skills section to avoid thin duplication. But the instruction says we can use Skills heading if there is real specific content. We have specific content for skills; but we could also incorporate them into Qualifications. However we need to decide which approach yields fewer sections but still covers all info. Let's see: If we put