The job duties of a remote mental health nurse focus on providing mental health support services to clients. In this position, you work from home to perform your job responsibilities, which could include working online to collect data and make a mental health and behavior assessment of a patient. A mental health nurse helps coordinate treatment and follows up with patients after they have received counseling or in between treatment sessions for mental health issues or addiction. As a remote psychiatry nurse, you also educate and support your patients, and you might interact with their family members.