8 <a href="https://healthylife7.com/former-public-health-director-helps-launch-new-healthcare-model-in-rochester/” title=”Former public health director helps launch new healthcare model in Rochester”>healthcare-specific jobs growing in popularity as work-from-home options
Dave Pearson|August 03, 2026|Health Exec|Staffing
Some of the most in-demand healthcare jobs can be performed remotely despite requiring direct caregiving skills
What’s more, two of the top eight in the category likely aren’t top-of-mind for early career planners eyeing clinical care among their preferred economic sectors. They seem too patient-facing for anything less than 100% in-person presence.
The two are urgent care physicians and psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners.
These roles command annual salaries of almost $275,000 and around $148,000, respectively
Filling in the gaps—and then some
The findings are from Indeed’s Hiring Lab.
In a listicle posted July 31, Indeed economist Sneha Puri, MPP, explains that healthcare’s embrace of remote work owes much to the maturation of tech-enabled services like telehealth, remote patient monitoring and virtual triage.
Puri also cites the preference of aging Baby Boomers for convenience combined with the ongoing workforce shortage. The latter has much to do with the long waits for doctor appointments that have become the new normal.
“Employers are using remote flexibility to reach a broader pool of candidates for roles that have been difficult to fill, especially in clinical and clinical-adjacent fields,” Puri says
Clinical professionals with digital connections
Health writer Taneia Surles, MPH, reports that healthcare and caregiving expertise are now showing up more often in remote job postings, accounting for 7.5% of all sought-after skills.
“Bedside care still largely requires in-person staff,” Surles adds, “but technological advances are creating more pathways and opportunities for clinical professionals to work from home.”
With that, Surles presents Indeed’s list of the eight medical jobs with the highest share of remote postings, noting that the data “hints at where the industry’s virtual infrastructure is furthest along.”
1. Psychiatric/mental-health nurse practitioner
Median salary: $148,374 | Share of remote jobs: 13.2%
2. Urgent care physician
Median salary: $273,988 | Share of remote jobs: 13.1%
3. Licensed clinical social worker
Median salary: $78,529 | Share of remote jobs: 9.7%
4. Family therapist
Median salary: $74,922 | Share of remote jobs: 8.3%
5. Coding specialist
Median salary: $63,427 | Share of remote jobs: 10%
6. Utilization review nurse
Median salary: $79,745 | Share of remote jobs: 7.5%
7. Care navigator
Median salary: $63,319 | Share of remote jobs: 6.2%
8. Epic clinical analyst
Median salary: $111,358 | Share of remote jobs: 7.2%
Dave Pearson
Dave P. has worked in journalism, marketing and public relations for more than 30 years, frequently concentrating on hospitals, healthcare technology and Catholic communications. He has also specialized in fundraising communications, ghostwriting for CEOs of local, national and global charities, nonprofits and foundations
