Remote Entry-Level Medical & Healthcare Informatics Careers — Global Guide (Jobs, Boards, Employers, Skills & Certifications)

Levi Cheptora

Sun, 19 Oct 2025

Quick primer — what is “remote entry-level healthcare informatics”?

Remote entry-level roles in healthcare/medical informatics include positions such as: data/care-ops analyst, EHR support / junior EHR analyst, clinical documentation/coding clerk (remote), telehealth support, medical scribe (remote), population-health support assistant, junior data engineer, QA/tester for health apps, and junior product/implementation associate for EHR vendors. These roles combine basic clinical understanding (or healthcare workflow familiarity) with data / IT skills — and are frequently posted on both general and specialist boards. (See AMIA, HIMSS, AHIMA for professional career hubs). jobs.amia.org+1

Top 5 live hubs & professional gateways (start here)

These are the most reliable gateways for health informatics and remote healthcare tech roles:

• AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) — jobs / career resources: https://jobs.amia.org/ and https://amia.org/. jobs.amia.org+1

• HIMSS JobMine — healthcare IT job board and career hub: https://jobmine.himss.org/ and https://www.himss.org/careers/. jobmine.himss.org

• FlexJobs — curated remote/flexible healthcare & informatics roles: https://www.flexjobs.com/remote-jobs/health-informatics. FlexJobs

• AHIMA Career Assist / CHDA (for coding & health data careers): https://careerassist.ahima.org/ and CHDA cert info: https://www.ahima.org/certification-careers/certifications-overview/chda/. careerassist.ahima.org+1

• WHO Careers (for remote/consultancy roles in global health & digital health projects): https://www.who.int/careers and WHO vacancies portal: https://careers.who.int/. World Health Organization+1

Comprehensive categorized list — 100+ places to search/apply (with live links)

How to use this list: start with the job boards and professional associations, then apply directly to company/NGO career pages shown. Bookmark and set alerts on multiple sites for the fastest results.

A. General & remote-first job boards (good for entry-level remote healthcare roles)

1. LinkedIn Jobs — https://www.linkedin.com/jobs

2. Indeed — https://www.indeed.com

3. Glassdoor Jobs — https://www.glassdoor.com/Job

4. ZipRecruiter — https://www.ziprecruiter.com

5. Dice (tech roles) — https://www.dice.com

6. AngelList / Wellfound (startups) — https://wellfound.com

7. FlexJobs (curated remote + healthcare) — https://www.flexjobs.com/remote-jobs/health-informatics. FlexJobs

8. Remote.co — https://remote.co/remote-jobs/healthcare. Remote.co

9. We Work Remotely — https://weworkremotely.com/remote-medical-and-health-jobs. We Work Remotely

10. RemoteOK — https://remoteok.com/remote-healthcare%2Brecruitment%2Breliability-jobs. Remote OK

11. JustRemote — https://justremote.co

12. VirtualVocations — https://www.virtualvocations.com

13. Upwork (freelance health-data gigs) — https://www.upwork.com

14. Freelancer.com — https://www.freelancer.com

15. Fiverr (micro-gigs) — https://www.fiverr.com

B. Specialist healthcare / health-IT job boards & networks

16. AMIA Jobs — https://jobs.amia.org/. jobs.amia.org

17. HIMSS JobMine — https://jobmine.himss.org/. jobmine.himss.org

18. AHIMA Career Assist — https://careerassist.ahima.org/. careerassist.ahima.org

19. Health eCareers — https://www.healthecareers.com/

20. HealthITJobs (healthcare IT board) — http://HealthITJobs.com/

21. Health eCareers Network pages / associations hub — https://www.healthecareers.com/

22. Healthcare IT Leaders jobs — https://jobs.healthcareitleaders.com/

23. Healthcare IT Central — http://www.healthcareitcentral.com/

24. HealthCare IT Today (jobs list & roundups) — https://www.healthcareittoday.com/category/topic/career-and-jobs/

25. Remote Clinical & Medical Informatics categories on FlexJobs — https://www.flexjobs.com/remote-jobs/clinical-informatics. FlexJobs

C. Telehealth, virtual care & digital health companies (frequent remote hiring)

26. Teladoc Health (careers) — https://www.teladochealth.com/careers. teladochealth.com

27. Amwell / American Well — https://careers.amwell.com/. Amwell

28. Babylon Health — https://www.babylonhealth.com/careers

29. Doctor On Demand (incl. virtual clinicians) — https://www.docdoc.com/careers or https://www.doctorondemand.com/careers

30. One Medical / 98point6 — https://www.onemedical.com/careers and https://www.98point6.com/careers

31. Maven Clinic — https://www.mavenclinic.com/careers

32. Hims & Hers Health — https://www.forhims.com/careers & https://www.forhers.com/careers

33. Parsley Health — https://www.parsleyhealth.com/careers

34. Omada Health — https://www.omadahealth.com/careers

35. Livongo (Teladoc brand) — https://www.teladochealth.com/careers/ (see Teladoc)

36. Babylon / K Health / Buoy Health — corporate careers pages

D. Major EHR / health IT vendors & medtech (entry roles: implementation, support, analytics)

37. Epic Systems — https://careers.epic.com/. careers.epic.com

38. Oracle / Cerner (Oracle Health) — https://www.oracle.com/careers/ and https://engineering.cerner.com/careers/. Oracle+1

39. Allscripts — https://www.allscripts.com/careers/

40. Philips (healthcare) — https://careers.philips.com/ and https://www.philips.com/a-w/careers.html. Philips Careers

41. Siemens Healthineers — https://careers.siemens-healthineers.com/. Siemens Healthineers

42. GE Healthcare — https://jobs.gecareers.com/geo/healthcare-jobs

43. Medtronic — https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/about/careers.html

44. Roche (Diagnostics & Digital Health) — https://www.roche.com/careers.htm

45. Labcorp / Covance — https://jobs.labcorp.com/

46. IQVIA (CRO & health data) — https://www.iqvia.com/careers

47. Parexel — https://www.parexel.com/careers

48. ICON plc — https://careers.iconplc.com/

49. Thermo Fisher Scientific (clinical lab IT) — https://jobs.thermofisher.com/

50. NextGen Healthcare — https://www.nextgen.com/careers

E. Contract Research Organisations (CROs) & pharma (data roles often remote)

51. IQVIA — https://www.iqvia.com/careers (repeat — big source)

52. Parexel — https://www.parexel.com/careers

53. ICON — https://careers.iconplc.com/

54. PPD (Thermo Fisher) — https://www.ppd.com/careers/ (see Thermo Fisher as parent)

55. Syneos Health — https://careers.syneoshealth.com/

56. Labcorp Drug Development — https://www.labcorp.com/careers

F. Global NGOs, multilateral donors & health charities (remote/consultancy roles & digital health projects)

57. World Health Organization (WHO) — https://www.who.int/careers/. World Health Organization

58. UNICEF — https://www.unicef.org/careers/ & https://jobs.unicef.org/. UNICEF+1

59. Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders — https://www.msf.org/jobs. msf.org

60. PATH — https://www.path.org/who-we-are/careers/. PATH

61. Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) — https://www.clintonhealthaccess.org/careers/

62. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — https://www.gatesfoundation.org/careers/

63. The Global Fund — https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/careers/

64. Save the Children — https://www.savethechildren.net/careers

65. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) — https://www.icrc.org/en/who-we-are/jobs

66. Red Crescent / National Red Cross Societies — local career pages

67. USAID — https://www.usaid.gov/careers. (plus many contractor roles)

68. World Bank (health projects) — https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/careers

G. National / public sector & parastatals (where remote roles and digital health projects appear)

69. NHS Jobs / NHS Digital (UK) — https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/ and https://digital.nhs.uk/about-nhs-digital/careers (NHS often posts remote/consultant roles).

70. U.S. CDC job portal — https://www.cdc.gov/about/careers/index.html (and USAJobs for federal roles).

71. US HHS Careers / USAJobs (search “health informatics remote”) — https://www.hhs.gov/about/careers/ and https://www.usajobs.gov/

72. National ministries of health (country portals — eg. Kenya MOH jobs page; Nigeria MOH career pages) — search local MOH websites.

H. Large health systems & hospitals with remote job listings

73. Mayo Clinic Careers (Remote) — https://jobs.mayoclinic.org/Remote. jobs.mayoclinic.org

74. Cleveland Clinic Careers — https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/

75. Kaiser Permanente Careers — https://www.kaiserpermanentejobs.org/

76. Ascension (remote jobs page) — https://jobs.ascension.org/us/en/remote. Ascension

77. Mount Sinai Careers — https://www.mountsinai.org/about/careers

78. Partners HealthCare / Mass General Brigham — https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/careers

79. Intermountain Healthcare remote listings — https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/remote-jobs/

80. Trinity Health jobs — https://jobs.trinity-health.org/ (IT categories). Trinity Health

I. Staffing firms & healthcare IT recruiters (contract & remote placements)

81. TEKsystems (healthcare IT staffing) — https://www.teksystems.com/en/careers. TEKsystems

82. Kforce — https://www.kforce.com/find-work/search-jobs/

83. Robert Half — https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/jobs (healthcare temp, remote listings). Robert Half

84. Modis / Akkodis (IT staffing) — https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/Modis3. SmartRecruiters

85. Randstad Healthcare — https://www.randstadusa.com/jobs/healthcare/

86. ManpowerGroup Healthcare — https://www.manpowergroup.com/jobs

87. Hays Healthcare — https://www.hays.com/careers

88. Michael Page (healthcare/clinical trials recruitment) — https://www.michaelpage.com/

89. CHG Healthcare — https://www.chghealthcare.com/careers (niche clinical staffing but contracts exist for remote informatics roles)

90. CompHealth (telemedicine & remote contracts) — https://www.comphealth.com/

J. Training, MOOC & certification providers (skills you can get now)

91. Coursera — Health Informatics Specializations & Google Data / Cloud certs — https://www.coursera.org/ (search “health informatics”)

92. edX — https://www.edx.org/ (health informatics courses)

93. AMIA 10x10 / Clinical Informatics training — https://amia.org/education-events/amia-10x10-virtual-courses. amia.org

94. AHIMA training & CHDA prep — https://www.ahima.org/education-events/health-informatics-data-analytics/ and https://www.ahima.org/certification-careers/. ahima.org+1

95. HL7 / FHIR training & certification resources — https://www.hl7.org/ and https://fhir.org/ (FHIR Foundation). fhir.org+1

96. Firely FHIR training — https://fire.ly/training/ (hands-on). Firely

97. Epic training (via employer / Epic certification when hired as apprentice) — https://careers.epic.com/ (Epic certification is vendor-controlled). careers.epic.com

98. AWS / Google Cloud Data certs (cloud + healthcare data) — https://aws.amazon.com/certification/ & https://cloud.google.com/certification

K. Additional NGOs, charities & foundations (often hire remote analysts / consultancies)

99. Rockefeller Foundation — https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/careers/

100. Wellcome Trust — https://wellcome.org/careers

101. Médecins du Monde / Doctors of the World — https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org/careers/

102. Mercy Corps — https://www.mercycorps.org/jobs

103. International Rescue Committee (IRC) — https://www.rescue.org/careers

104. Breakthrough ACTION / local digital health initiatives (search for consulting roles)

L. Regional & niche job portals (examples — set alerts)

105. Jobs in Global Digital Health (local country MOH portals) — search “Ministry of Health jobs [country]”

106. African Union / African Development Bank health project pages — https://www.afdb.org/en/about/work-with-us/careers/

107. Public health school & university career centers (Johns Hopkins, LSHTM, etc.) — e.g., https://publichealth.jhu.edu/about/careers

Total listed (above): ~107 distinct hubs/companies/networks — this set will get you to 100+ active hiring destinations for entry-level remote informatics roles. Bookmark the ones relevant to your region and set job alerts (recommended: LinkedIn, Indeed, FlexJobs, AMIA, HIMSS JobMine). jobs.amia.org+2jobmine.himss.org+2

Core skills that employers actually hire for (entry level → what to practice now)

Technical / data skills

• SQL (essential for querying EHR databases)

• Excel (advanced: pivot tables, Power Query)

• Basic Python or R (pandas, tidyverse)

• Data visualization — Tableau, Power BI (build a portfolio)

• Basics of ETL / data pipelines (understand CSV, APIs, JSON)

• Familiarity with HL7 & FHIR concepts (interoperability basics). fhir.org+1

Clinical / domain knowledge

• Basic clinical workflows (what an EHR captures: encounters, orders, results)

• Medical terminology & coding foundations (ICD-10, CPT basics) — AHIMA resources helpful. andrewsschool.com

Tools and soft skills

• EHR systems exposure (Epic/ Cerner / Allscripts concepts) — vendor-specific certs are often gained after hiring. careers.epic.com+1

• Communication — translating technical results to clinicians

• Documentation & process mapping (Visio, Lucidchart)

• Remote work hygiene: asynchronous communication (Slack, Teams), time management

Certifications & licenses that move the needle (and how hard they are)

• CHDA (Certified Health Data Analyst) — AHIMA. High value for analytics roles; requires exam and experience prep. ahima.org

• AMIA training & Clinical Informatics Board Prep (AMIA 10x10, Board Review). For those aiming at clinical informatics careers. amia.org+1

• HL7 / FHIR Proficiency (HL7 or HL7-affiliated programs like Firely). Useful for interoperability roles. info.hl7.org+1

• Vendor certs: Epic certification (available through Epic training when employed), Cerner/Oracle internal credentials — high value but normally employer-sponsored. careers.epic.com+1

• Cloud / Data certs: AWS Data Analytics, Google Professional Data Engineer — helpful for data engineering roles.

• Privacy & compliance: HIPAA training (US), CIPP (privacy) for roles handling PHI.

Reality check: for entry level remote roles, practical demonstrable skills (SQL + a small portfolio or Kaggle notebook + basic EHR workflow knowledge) often outrank expensive certs. Certs speed hiring for some employers, but hands-on evidence of problem solving is the fastest route.

Entry → Mid → Senior career path (typical ladder)

1. Entry (0–2 years): Data analyst (junior), EHR support analyst (junior), medical coding/billing (remote), telehealth support, clinical data entry / registry work.

2. Early mid (2–5 years): Clinical informatics analyst, implementation specialist, population health analyst, informatics project coordinator.

3. Mid (5–8 years): Senior informatics analyst, informatics nurse/specialist (if clinical background), product manager (health IT), data engineer/scientist in health domain.

4. Senior (8+ years): CMIO/Director of Informatics, Head of Digital Health, Principal Data Scientist (healthcare).

Tip: switch between clinical/workflow roles and technical roles (e.g., 18 months in EHR support + 18 months in analytics) — that hybrid experience is highly prized.

Hacks, myths, and what actually works

Hacks that work

• Build a small portfolio: a public GitHub or Tableau Public showing a healthcare dataset analysis (de-identified/public datasets like MIMIC, COVID datasets) — recruiters love concrete work.

• Learn to read an HL7 message & a FHIR resource (one hands-on workshop) — it pays off in interviews. hl7fundamentals.org+1

• Network inside AMIA / HIMSS (special interest groups): many remote roles are filled via these communities. jobs.amia.org+1

• Apply for EHR vendor apprenticeship roles — Epic and others often hire entry-level technical staff and train them to be certified. careers.epic.com

Myths busted

• “You need a Master’s in informatics to start.” False. Many entry roles hire bachelor’s + demonstrable skills or clinical background + training. Certifications help but are not always mandatory. ahima.org

• “Vendor certs are quick and cheap.” False — Epic and some vendor certs are controlled by vendors and usually obtained through employer programs. careers.epic.com

• “Remote healthcare jobs are only nursing/telemedicine.” False — there are many remote data, implementation, analytics and EHR support roles in health IT. FlexJobs and Remote.co list a broad variety. FlexJobs+1

How to apply — practical playbook (first 30 days)

1. Days 1–3: Prepare: update LinkedIn headline to “Health Data / Informatics | SQL • Python • HL7/FHIR” and create a 1-page portfolio (GitHub + 1 Pager).

2. Days 4–7: Set job alerts on LinkedIn, Indeed, FlexJobs, AMIA Jobs, HIMSS JobMine, and 3 vendor career pages (Epic, Cerner/Oracle, Teladoc). teladochealth.com+4jobs.amia.org+4jobmine.himss.org+4

3. Days 8–20: Apply to 20 roles (prioritize ones with “junior”, “associate”, “entry level”, “analyst”, “implementation associate”). Tailor one-line intro in cover letter to show how your portfolio solves a problem in 1 minute.

4. Days 21–30: Network — message 10 people in AMIA/HIMSS or relevant company recruiters with a brief value note + portfolio link. Join 1 local/global Slack or Discord health IT channel and post a short case study.

Resume & interview tips for remote informatics roles

• Resume: quantify your impact (e.g., “cleaned & analyzed EHR dataset of 10k encounters; reduced missing lab data rate by 12% using validation rules”).

• Portfolio: include 2 projects: (a) SQL + dashboard (Power BI/Tableau) and (b) short write-up on an HL7→FHIR mapping or a data cleaning script.

• Interview: expect a mix of scenario questions (“how would you reconcile two conflicting lab records?”), SQL test, and practical troubleshooting (EHR workflow). Offer to do a short take-home task — many hires are from great small take-homes.

Safety, data privacy & red flags when applying

• Never pay for interviews/training from a purported employer. Official vendor certification fees are legitimate but hiring should never require payment. WHO and other orgs explicitly warn against recruitment scams. World Health Organization+1

• Check corporate email domain and LinkedIn recruiter authenticity before sharing PII.

• For roles handling PHI, employers will require background checks, right-to-work verification and, in some countries, clinical licenses.

Fast learning path (3–6 months) to be hireable

1. SQL (complete a 30-hour project course) — build 3 queries on a de-identified dataset.

2. Basic Python (pandas) or R (tidyverse) — prepare one notebook analyzing a public health dataset.

3. FHIR basics — complete a short FHIR Fundamentals workshop or HL7 intro. hl7fundamentals.org+1

4. Tableau/Public dashboard — make a simple interactive dashboard and share the link.

5. Apply + network weekly — aim for 50 targeted applications in months 2–3.

Useful quick links (re-listed for convenience)

• AMIA Jobs / resources — https://jobs.amia.org/ & https://amia.org/. jobs.amia.org+1

• HIMSS JobMine — https://jobmine.himss.org/. jobmine.himss.org

• AHIMA Career Assist & CHDA — https://careerassist.ahima.org/ and https://www.ahima.org/certification-careers/certifications-overview/chda/. careerassist.ahima.org+1

• FlexJobs (remote health roles) — https://www.flexjobs.com/remote-jobs/health-informatics. FlexJobs

• WHO Careers — https://www.who.int/careers and https://careers.who.int/. World Health Organization+1

• Epic Careers — https://careers.epic.com/. careers.epic.com

• Teladoc Health Careers — https://www.teladochealth.com/careers. teladochealth.com

• Remote job hubs — LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/jobs), Indeed (https://www.indeed.com), WeWorkRemotely (https://weworkremotely.com/remote-medical-and-health-jobs). We Work Remotely+1

Final advice — what most beginners miss

• Focus on projects, not only certificates. A compact public project demonstrates the ability to execute.

• Learn how to explain clinical problems to technical teams — that translation is a superpower in health IT.

• Apply widely and tailor smartly — one tailored application + one generic per day beats 7 untargeted mass applications.

• Keep learning standards (FHIR/HL7) and SQL — those are evergreen. fhir.org+1