Best remote nursing jobs 2025

Feeling burned out from bedside? These remote jobs for nurses could be your next best move.

Nursing is one of the most rewarding professions out there—but let’s be real, it can also drain the absolute life out of you. If the thought of another 12-hour shift has you contemplating a dramatic exit (or at least another stress snack), you’re not alone.

Here’s the good news: You don’t have to leave healthcare to leave the hospital. Thanks to the rise of digital health and the actually useful applications of AI in care delivery, there are more flexible, remote roles than ever—and they need folks like you. Yep, you. The clinically seasoned, wildly capable, ready-for-a-new-chapter kind of nurse.

Below, I’ve rounded up six of the best remote jobs for nurses—plus what you’ll actually be doing, what tech tools to get familiar with, how much they pay, and how to start making moves.

1. Clinical Documentation Specialist (CDS)

You’d crush this if: You’re a meticulous chart reviewer who secretly enjoys catching errors—and maybe color-codes their to-do list.

What you’ll do:

• Review patient charts for completeness and accuracy

• Clarify with providers to tighten up documentation
  Catch gaps before auditors do

• Work primarily within EHR platforms

Why nurses shine here: You already speak “fluent charting” and have a sixth sense for documentation discrepancies.

Salary range: $75K–$100K

2.  Nurse Health Coach

You’d crush this if: You’re a natural motivator who lights up when someone follows through on their care plan.

What you’ll do:

• Coach patients (via phone or video) through lifestyle changes

• Create personalized wellness plans

• Partner with care teams (think: RDs, therapists, MDs)

• Track outcomes with remote monitoring tools

Why nurses shine here: You know how to educate, encourage, and keep it real—all in one conversation.

Salary range: $65K–$90K (+ bonuses)

3.  Telehealth Triage Nurse

You’d crush this if: You stay calm when others spiral (hello, Dr. Google), and you think fast on your feet.

What you’ll do:

• Handle patient calls or messages

• Use triage protocols to determine next steps

• Direct to home care, urgent care, or ER as needed

• Chart everything clearly in the EHR
  
  

Why nurses shine here: Your clinical gut instinct + calm tone = triage magic

Salary range: $70K–$95K

4. Utilization Review (UR) Nurse

You’d crush this if: You can spot a medically unnecessary admission from a mile away—and you’re not afraid to say so.

What you’ll do:

• Review clinical records for medical necessity

• Apply guidelines (CMS, InterQual, MCG)

• Communicate with providers and insurers

• Reduce denied claims and unnecessary costs
  
  

Why nurses shine here: You understand care pathways—and know how to advocate for (or challenge) them with receipts.

Salary range: $80K–$105K

5. Clinical Informatics Nurse / EHR Analyst

You’d crush this if: Broken workflows make your eye twitch—and you’ve got ideas to make them better.

What you’ll do:

• Translate clinical needs into tech specs

• Test and optimize EHR workflows

• Lead training sessions for new tools

• Help make digital tools more usable for frontline teams
  
  

Why nurses shine here: You speak clinical and tech—and you can bridge the two without breaking a sweat.

Salary range: $90K–$115K

6. Customer Success Nurse 

You’d crush this if: You’ve got people skills and product instincts—and want to use both in a startup-style environment.

What you’ll do:

• Onboard patients or providers to digital health tools

• Provide clinical support during and after implementation

• Act as the voice of the user to product teams

• Track engagement and troubleshoot issues
  
  

Why nurses shine here: You’re fluent in clinical and can translate it into techy terms without sounding like a robot.

Salary range: $75K–$100K (+ potential bonuses or equity)

📚 How to get started with a remote nursing career

Networking

• LinkedIn – underutilized by most healthcare professionals, LinkedIn is one of the best ways to connect with nurses who have made this transition themselves
• In person events – In person events are always fantastic meeting spots, and I’m not just talking about big expensive conferences.
  
  

Skill Builders

• LinkedIn Learning – Project management, UX, Excel, tech 101
• ONC Health IT Training – Free, government-sponsored learning
  
  

Communities + Job Boards

• Hey Health Tech – Job board, resources, and newsletter for tech-curious clinicians
• Nurse Fern – Job board, resources, and community for nurses looking to succeed away from bedside
  
  

Pros & cons of remote nursing work

✅ Perks

• No more weekends, holidays, or 7PM shift reports
• Work from your couch (or a beach, no judgment)
• Build new skills in a fast-growing field
• More control over your day-to-day
  
  

🚫 Trade-Offs

• Screen fatigue is real
• Isolation can creep in if you don’t intentionally connect
• Some roles pay less than bedside
  May require multistate licensure depending on the gig
  
  

FAQ 

“I don’t have any tech experience.”
→ You don’t need to be a coder. Start with a short course or bootcamp, then connect your existing strengths: clinical reasoning, problem-solving, and people skills.

“Remote work sounds lonely.”
→ It can be—unless you build your community. Join Slack groups, hop into coworking Zooms, or schedule virtual coffee chats. (We do all of that at Hey Health Tech.)

“I don’t know how to stand out.”
→ Tailor your resume. Speak the language of tech and healthcare. Get a few certifications under your belt and emphasize your adaptability.

Ready to land your first (or next!) remote nursing role?

👉 Head to the Hey Health Tech Job Board — it’s the only job board built just for healthcare pros exploring tech.

Let’s get you out of the hospital… and into your next chapter.