Does increasing the nudge_y realize the desired result?

   geom_text_repel(
     aes(label = paste0(sprintf("%.1f", Note), " min")),
     #    aes(label = Note), 
     size = 3,
     nudge_x = 0.25,
     nudge_y = 1, # increase nudge_Y
     box.padding = 0.2,
     point.padding = 0.2,
     max.overlaps = 10,
     na.rm = TRUE,
     segment.color = "gray50",
     segment.curvature = 0.2,       # SEGMENT CURVE
     segment.ncp = 6,               # NUMBER OF CONTROL POINTS
     
     
     segment.angle = 45,           # CURVE ANGLE
     color = "gray50"
   )