Travel Respiratory Therapist in Marengo, IA

Embark on an exciting 13-week travel healthcare opportunity at a partner healthcare facility in Marengo, IA, covering every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with a 12-hour overnight shift. Applicants must hold a current State of Iowa Licensure and RRT credential, along with required ACLS, PALS, BLS, and NRP certifications. Experience in all facets of Cardiopulmonary Services is essential, including expertise with mechanical ventilators (both invasive and non-invasive), performing EKGs, Holter Monitors, overnight oximetry, and arterial blood gases. The role requires the ability to work with associated technologies and excellent communication skills to articulate needs and solutions effectively at all levels of the organization. Strong analytical skills to identify problems, collect data, and make sound conclusions are necessary. This assignment involves 34.5 weekly hours and has no restrictions.

• Specialty: Respiratory Therapist / Allied
• Location: Marengo, IA
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Nights
• Hours: 34.5 hrs/week
• Estimated gross pay: $2,104/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.

Pay and stipends on Respiratory Therapist travel assignments in Marengo, IA

The published package on this contract is $2,104 gross per week — $837 in taxable wages plus $1,267 in stipends toward housing and meals, non-taxable where you qualify — or about $27,352 over the 13 weeks. You see the breakdown before you submit rather than after you sign, and your recruiter goes through it with you line by line.

On paper the assignment is 13 weeks long, about 34.5 hours a week and on the Nights shift, about 449 scheduled hours end to end. Licensure and credentialing run alongside the submission rather than after it, so your IA paperwork is under way while the submission is in review and not left to the last week before the Marengo start date.

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