Most remote nursing jobs in our feed fall into four kinds of work: case management, utilization review, phone triage and telehealth nurse practitioner visits. In the 30 days to November 7, 2026 our feed picked up about 1,000 remote nursing postings, and CVS Health posted the most. Before you apply to any of them, find the line that names the states you must be licensed in. A nurse has to be licensed where the patient is, not where the nurse sits.
Remote nursing jobs, newest first
Live list, refreshed Nov 13, 2026
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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in Grants, NMUnited Energy Workers HealthcareRemote, United States · 2 days ago$30 to $35/hr - H
$71k to $94k
Which license do you need for a remote nursing job?
The rule that shapes every remote nursing posting is short. In the words of the Nurse Licensure Compact FAQ run by NCSBN, nurses "are required to be licensed in the state where the patient is located at the time service is provided." So if you work from a spare room in Ohio and the member on the phone lives in California, it is California's rule that applies. That is why a posting might say "must hold an active, unrestricted RN license in Texas" or "compact license required" or list a dozen states.
The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) makes this far easier for RNs and LPN/VNs. One multistate license, issued by your home state, lets you practice in person or by telehealth in every other compact state. According to NCSBN, 43 jurisdictions have enacted it. When we checked NCSBN's implementation map on November 7, 2026, it was fully in force in 40 of them, while Guam, Massachusetts and the U.S. Virgin Islands had passed it but were still putting it in place.
Two details trip people up. First, you can only get a multistate license from your primary state of residence, the place where your driver's license and voter registration are. If you live in California, you cannot hold a multistate license at all, even if your employer is in Texas. Second, if you move to another compact state, NCSBN gives you 60 days from the move to apply for a license there.
Nurse practitioners are a separate case. The NLC FAQ is plain about it: the compact "pertains to RN and LPN/VN licenses only." A telehealth NP needs a license in each state where their patients are, which is why some NP postings carry titles like "Nurse Practitioner (US, Multi-State)". NCSBN also runs a separate APRN Compact; check its status at aprncompact.com before you count on it.
Is your state in the compact?
What remote nursing jobs pay, by type of work
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
Middle half of stated pay, US dollars per year (dot = median)
| Case manager RN | $86k to $105k |
| Utilization review | $79k to $95k |
| Telehealth or triage | $62k to $84k |
| Nurse practitioner | $123k to $148k |
Built only from postings that state pay. Hourly rates are converted at 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year.
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
Remote work is not a pay cut on paper. About 400 of the remote nursing postings in our feed stated pay, and their median came to roughly $94k a year (that figure includes nurse practitioners, so compare loosely). The BLS puts the median for all registered nurses at $97,550 in May 2025, bedside included.
The spread inside nursing is wider than the headline. Nurse practitioners doing telehealth sit well above everyone else. RN case managers and utilization review nurses cluster in the high $80ks to $90ks. Triage and telehealth RN roles pay the least and vary the most, because many are hourly, many are part-time, and some include nights and weekends. If you want weekday hours, utilization review is the lane to look at first. Triage is where the evening and overnight shifts live (more on that on our overnight remote jobs page).
Who hires remote nurses
| CVS Health | 57 |
| Centene | 19 |
| AbbVie | 13 |
| 1103 Team Member Services | 13 |
| Thrive Therapies Group | 12 |
| Highmark Health | 10 |
| Alignment Health | 10 |
| BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina | 9 |
| Xillium PH | 9 |
| Tuesday Health | 9 |
Number of postings, not hires. Known reposters and staffing spam are already left out.
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
Health insurers and the companies around them post the most remote nursing jobs, because their nursing work is reviews, phone calls and care plans rather than hands-on care. In the 30 days to November 7, 2026, CVS Health (which owns Aetna) posted the most; you can browse its current openings on our CVS Health careers page. Medicaid and Medicare plans such as Centene and Alignment Health show up next, then nurse triage services and telehealth mental health practices hiring psychiatric NPs.
Almost all of these postings are for US patients. Of the postings that named a country, about 9 in 10 were tagged to the United States, with a few dozen in the Philippines and Canada. A US license is the price of entry for most of this list.
RN, LPN or NP: which remote jobs fit your license
Here is how the remote work in our feed splits by license, based on the titles of the postings we tracked in the 30 days to November 7, 2026.
- RN
Case management, utilization review, prior authorization, phone triage and telephonic care management. Watch for the list of states you must be licensed in; many postings ask for a compact license.
- LPN or LVN
Care coordination, outreach calls, intake and scheduling work with some clinical review. Fewer openings than RN roles and mostly hourly pay. The compact covers LPN/VN licenses too.
- Nurse practitioner
Telehealth visits, psychiatric NP practices, and case or chart review. No compact, so every state is a separate license. Many of these roles are part-time or paid per visit.
- CNA or home health aide
Very little genuine remote work. A "remote" tag here usually means home visits: the patient's home, not yours.
How to get from the bedside to a remote nursing job
Five steps that match what remote nursing postings ask for
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Pick the lane your floor time fits
Emergency and ICU nurses read well for triage. Discharge planning and med-surg map to case management. Utilization review favors nurses who have worked with InterQual or MCG criteria, so say so if you have.
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Sort out licensing before you apply
If you live in a compact state, check that the license itself is marked multistate on Nursys, because compact states issue single-state licenses too. If you live outside the compact, list every state you hold and expect to add the ones your employer needs.
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Rewrite your resume for desk work
Remote hiring managers want caseload sizes, documentation volume, the EHR you used (Epic, Cerner, Meditech) and any phone or telehealth work. Patient-contact hours matter less here than charting speed and judgment.
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Set up the room they will ask about
Payers usually want a private space with a door that closes for privacy rules, a wired or stable connection, and a quiet background for calls. Some ship equipment, some do not. Ask.
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Apply where the job is posted
Each card above links to where the job was posted, and a bit over a third came straight from the employer's own hiring system. Applying there puts your resume in the same system the recruiter screens, instead of a copy on a board.
Looking wider than nursing? Our remote healthcare jobs page covers medical coding, pharmacy and patient access, and if you only want a few hours a week, start with part-time remote jobs, where chart review and NP roles appear often.
Questions people ask
Can a new grad nurse get a remote nursing job?
It is rare. Remote RN postings usually ask for clinical experience first, because triage, case management and review work all rely on judgment learned at the bedside. A year or two on a unit, then a move to a payer or triage line, is the usual path.
Do I need a compact license to work as a remote nurse?
Not always, but it widens your options a lot. Employers with members in many states prefer nurses who can cover all the compact states with one license. If you can only get single-state licenses, look for employers that hire for your state's own patients.
Can I work remotely as a nurse if I live in California or New York?
Yes, but your license situation is different. Neither state is in the compact, so you hold single-state licenses, starting with your own state, and add others as an employer needs them. Insurers with members in those states hire nurses licensed there.
What do remote LPN jobs involve?
Mostly care coordination, outreach calls, intake and scheduling work that needs some clinical knowledge. There are far fewer of them than RN roles in our feed and most pay hourly. The compact covers LPN/VN licenses, so a multistate license helps here too.
Are remote nursing jobs legit, or mostly scams?
The big employers are real: insurers, health systems, triage services and telehealth practices. The scams tend to be vague "work from home nurse" ads with no employer name, pay that sounds too high for the duties, or a request to pay for training or equipment. Our guide to spotting legit remote jobs walks through the checks.
Where do RN chart review jobs from home come from?
Mostly from insurers, utilization review firms, legal nurse consulting firms and, lately, AI companies that pay clinicians to review model answers. Many are part-time or per case. Our AI training jobs page covers the AI review side, downsides included.