Travel Respiratory Therapist in Chicago, IL

Join a partner healthcare facility for a 13-week Respiratory Therapist travel assignment in Chicago, IL, working nights for 34.5 hours per week. The assignment is estimated to start December 7, 2026, with no assignment restrictions indicated. Enjoy Chicago’s winter season, including outdoor skating at Maggie Daley Park’s winding Skating Ribbon with skyline views. Apply today or reach out to your recruiter to learn more!

• Specialty: Respiratory Therapist / Allied
• Location: Chicago, IL
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Nights
• Hours: 34.5 hrs/week
• Estimated gross pay: $1,771/week (taxable wages plus non-taxable stipends)
• Open positions: 1

This travel contract is placed by Care Connect Staffing, a nurse-owned healthcare staffing agency. Benefits include day-one medical, dental, and vision coverage, transparent pay packages, a $500 referral bonus, and a dedicated recruiter and compliance team supporting you from submission through your start date.

Career growth on Respiratory Therapist travel assignments in Chicago, IL

Travel work compounds. Every Respiratory Therapist contract puts you in front of a new patient population, a new charting system and new unit protocols, and that range is what a hiring manager reads off your file later. Chicago, IL adds another market to that record.

This assignment spans 13 weeks, books about 34.5 hours a week and runs on the Nights shift, roughly 449 hours of bedside time. It pays $1,771 gross a week, split $518 in taxable wages and $1,253 in stipends toward housing and meals, near $23,023 for the 13 weeks. Tell your recruiter what you want next — a specialty, a state, a schedule — and the search for the contract after this one starts from there.

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