RN TeleICU On Site

St. Luke's Health System; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Certification pay available

Job summary

St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho, invites experienced ICU nurses to join its TeleICU team.

This on-site, part-time 0.6 FTE night shift role extends critical care expertise across four hospitals and two critical access sites. As a TeleICU RN you’ll monitor real-time data, identify early deterioration, initiate virtual encounters, and collaborate with bedside teams to optimize care and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide virtual critical care support to patients and care teams across four hospitals and two critical access sites.
• Monitor real-time physiologic data and identify early signs of deterioration.
• Respond to critical alarms, abnormal vitals, and emerging patient concerns.
• Initiate virtual patient encounters and collaborate directly with bedside nurses and providers.
• Coach ICU nurses across the St. Luke's system to promote best practices.
• Partner with physicians and intensivists to optimize patient outcomes.
• Support evidence-based critical care practices and patient safety initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted resource and mentor for ICU nurses throughout the St. Luke's system.

Job description

Requirements:

• Identify patient deterioration sooner.

Extend Your Critical Care Expertise Beyond the Bedside

At St. Luke's, our TeleICU nurses make a difference in the lives of critically ill patients every day by extending critical care expertise across our health system. Working from our innovative Virtual Care Center in downtown Boise, TeleICU RNs partner with bedside teams, physicians, and intensivists to improve patient outcomes, support clinical decision-making, and ensure patients receive expert care whenever and wherever it is needed.

This is much more than a monitoring role. TeleICU nurses serve as experienced critical care consultants, mentors, and advocates who help identify clinical deterioration, guide evidence-based care, and support nurses caring for the most complex patients in our organization.

For experienced ICU nurses who enjoy critical thinking, collaboration, mentoring, and influencing patient care at a broader level, TeleICU offers a unique opportunity to utilize your expertise while impacting patients across multiple hospitals.

What You'll Do

As a TeleICU RN, you'll provide virtual critical care support to patients and care teams across four hospitals and two critical access sites, supporting five ICUs, one step-down unit, and critical access inpatient departments.

In this role, you will:

• Conduct proactive virtual patient rounds and comprehensive chart reviews.
• Monitor real-time physiologic data and identify early signs of clinical deterioration.
• Respond to critical alarms, abnormal vital signs, and emerging patient concerns.
• Initiate virtual patient encounters and collaborate directly with bedside nurses and providers.
• Assist bedside teams in recognizing opportunities to improve plans of care.
• Partner with physicians and intensivists to optimize clinical outcomes.
• Support evidence-based critical care practices and patient safety initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted resource and mentor for ICU nurses throughout the St. Luke's system.
• Provide an experienced second set of eyes during complex, high-risk patient situations.

A Typical Shift

No two shifts are exactly alike.

During a typical night, you might:

• Round on critically ill patients across multiple hospitals.
• Review patient trends and identify subtle changes before they become major clinical events.
• Collaborate with a bedside nurse caring for a complex ventilated patient.
• Assist a provider with patient assessment and clinical decision-making.
• Respond to alerts indicating potential deterioration and help coordinate interventions.
• Coach a newer ICU nurse through a challenging clinical situation.
• Join patient rooms virtually to assess concerns, answer questions, or support patient care.

TeleICU nurses work both independently and collaboratively, balancing autonomous critical thinking with strong partnership across multidisciplinary teams.

Why Nurses Love TeleICU

Many of our nurses describe TeleICU as the best of critical care nursing.

You remain fully immersed in ICU-level care while utilizing the part of nursing many experienced clinicians enjoy most - clinical judgment, critical thinking, problem solving, and mentorship.

TeleICU nurses frequently cite:

• Meaningful involvement in complex ICU patient care.
• The ability to impact outcomes for patients across multiple hospitals.
• Opportunities to mentor and support bedside nurses.
• Strong collaboration with intensivists, physicians, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Less focus on bedside task demands and more focus on clinical expertise and patient outcomes.
• The ability to leverage years of ICU experience in a broader and more influential way.

The Impact of TeleICU

Our TeleICU program is designed to improve outcomes through collaboration, surveillance, and early intervention.

By partnering closely with bedside teams, TeleICU nurses help:

• Identify patient deterioration sooner.
• Support evidence-based critical care practices.
• Improve communication and coordination of care.
• Reduce complications associated with critical illness.
• Contribute to reductions in mortality, morbidity, ventilator days, and hospital length of stay.

Who Thrives in This Role?

This position is ideal for experienced ICU nurses who:

• Enjoy analyzing patient data and identifying trends.
• Excel at critical thinking and clinical decision-making.
• Like teaching, mentoring, and supporting other nurses.
• Value collaboration with physicians and interdisciplinary teams.
• Want to continue practicing at a high critical care level while impacting care across an entire health system.
• Are excited by innovation and the future of virtual care.

About the Virtual Care Center

Located in the heart of downtown Boise, the St. Luke's Virtual Care Center uses advanced technology to bring expert clinical support to patients and care teams throughout Idaho.

Every ICU room across St. Luke's is equipped with wall-mounted telehealth technology, allowing our TeleICU team to provide 24/7 support, consultation, and collaboration. TeleICU nurses work alongside an on-site intensivist team, creating an environment focused on excellence, innovation, and patient-centered care.

This is an on-site position and is not remote.

Position Details

• Part-Time (0.6 FTE)
• Night Shift
• Two 12-hour shifts per week
• Certification pay available
• On-site intensivist support available 24/7
• Located in Boise, Idaho

St. Luke's is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

St. Luke's is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.

What's in it for you:

At St. Luke's, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission - and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

At St. Luke's, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission - and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings.