While many nursing jobs are clinical and require an in-person presence, there are a surprising number of nursing jobs from home and, in fact, many types of work-at-home jobs for nurses. Nurses working at home could work in a medical call center doing telephone triage. Nurses often telecommute as case managers in insurance company jobs. These are some companies that hire nurses to work from home:
About.com Health Channel
Medical work-at-home jobs include: Nurses, physicians, medical writers
About.com contracts with more than 1,000 guides and topic writers, who are experts in their many different fields, including many medical professions. Pay starts at $675/month, but compensation increases with page view growth. Nurses and physicians are often hired in the Health Channel. See more work-at-home physician jobs.
Aetna
Medical work-at-home jobs include: Nurses, physicians
Nurses and physicians are among the medical professions who work from home at this insurance company. Some jobs are specifically meant to be telecommuting, but in others telework opportunities will be considered after working on-site for a period of time. Choose “yes” in the “Potential Telework Position” drop-down menu. See more insurance company jobs from home.
American International Group (AIG)
Medical work-at-home jobs include: Nurses
After a specific amount of time working on-site, this company allows some nursing positions, such as case managers and medical reviewers, to be telecommuted. Try keywords "telecommuting" or "work from home" in jobs database.
ARO
While most of the home-based jobs at this BPO are for customer service, sales and B2B telemarketing agents, it also has virtual positions for LPNs and RNs doing telehealth call center work as well as jobs for insurance auditors. See more work-at-home jobs for LPNs.Carenet
Medical work-at-home jobs include: Nurses
Based in San Antonio, this medical BPO provides support to insurance companies and health care systems. Virtual call center agents who are registered nurses (RN) answer questions or perform telephone triage. Pay is $25 per hour. See more medical call center jobs.
Cigna
Medical work at home jobs include: Nurses
Insurance company Cigna's division Intracorp hires RNs to work at home as disability and workers' comp case managers. Use "work from home" as keywords to search Cigna's job openings. Hiring is done from a NY location.
Conifer Health Solutions
Medical work-at-home jobs include: Nurses, Medical coding
Healthcare services firm hires work-from-home employees in nursing and coding as well as sales. Use "telecommuting" or "remote" as a keyword.
Covance
Medical work-at-home jobs include: Clinical research
Contract research organization in biopharmaceutical development services has preclinical and clinical research operations in more than 25 countries and hires clinical research associates to work at home (with at least 65% travel) in specific locations in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Used "home-based" in its jobs database.
The Doctors Company
Medical work-at-home jobs include: Nurses
Medical malpractice company, based in California, hires nurses a risk managers. Telecommuting may be allowed.
Indeed.com Telecommuting Nurse Jobs
Search current job postings for telecommuting nurse.
Not a nurse but have a medical background? See these medical jobs from home or this list of work-at-home jobs at more than 200 companies.