Remote healthcare careers, explained.

Plain-English guides to working remotely in healthcare: what the jobs involve, which licenses count where you live, and how people get hired. Read a guide, or start from a specialty and its open jobs.

guide
[gīd]
noun
  1. 1
    Someone who has walked the route before and points out where it forks.
  2. 2
    On Jobalgia: an honest account of a remote healthcare role, from the day-to-day work to the license that gets you hired.

Guides

Six guides so far. Each one covers the day-to-day work, the licenses that count where you live, and how people get hired.

tel·e·health nurs·ing
[tel·uh·helth nur·sing]
Career guide

Telehealth nursing: a remote career guide

What telehealth nurses do, the licenses you need to work remotely, schedules and pay, and how to land your first remote nursing role.

6 min read
Last reviewed October 2026
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tel·e·med·i·cine
[tel·uh·med·uh·sin]
Career guide

Telemedicine providers: a remote career guide for NPs, PAs and physicians

For nurse practitioners, PAs and physicians weighing telemedicine work: state licensing, the APRN, PA and medical compacts, controlled-substance prescribing, pay models and hiring.

6 min read
Last reviewed October 2026
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tel·e·ther·a·py
[tel·uh·ther·uh·pee]
Career guide

Teletherapy: a remote career guide

What remote therapist jobs involve for counselors, LCSWs, MFTs and psychologists, where PSYPACT and the other compacts stand in 2026, and how to get hired.

5 min read
Last reviewed October 2026
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med·i·cal cod·ing
[med·i·kuhl koh·ding]
Career guide

Medical coding and billing: a remote career guide

What coders, billers and CDI specialists do, which AAPC, AHIMA and ACDIS credentials matter, and why most remote coding jobs want experience first.

5 min read
Last reviewed October 2026
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pa·tient ac·cess
[pay·shuhnt ak·ses]
Career guide

Medical receptionist and patient access: a remote career guide

What remote patient access representatives, medical receptionists and schedulers do, which optional certifications exist, what employers expect from a home workspace, and how to get hired safely.

5 min read
Last reviewed October 2026
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tel·e·phar·ma·cy
[tel·uh·far·muh·see]
Career guide

Remote pharmacy jobs: a career guide for pharmacists and technicians

Remote pharmacist and pharmacy technician jobs explained: order verification, prior authorization, MTM and telepharmacy, plus licensing, certification and how to get hired.

5 min read
Last reviewed October 2026
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Guides for the other specialties are on the way. Until they're ready, each specialty below explains the work and lists its open jobs.

Explore by specialty

Twelve kinds of remote healthcare work, each with its own page of open jobs.

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