fleurjr Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I am negotiating with my current company about some weekend call on a prn basis. About once per month I will round in the hospital on Saturday and Sunday (about 6 hours per day). We have worked out the compensation in that regard but we still have one area that is a sticking point. They would also like me to take phone call for the practice on those weekends from 10pm-4am (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). It seems the calls should be on the low side but I am unsure what to ask for in regards of call compensation. 1/4of my hourly?, 1/2 of my hourly, weekday hourly rate or weekend (1.5). Just brainstorming. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted November 16, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2013 24 hours of call is 1/4 daily rate - if you make $500/day you get $125 for call - but this is for ONLY carrying cell phone - does not include going in, rounding, or anything else. This is a HUGE quality of life issue the docs and practices are trying to push on to the lowly PA/NP with out compensation.... WRONG If it is not big deal then the docs can do it...... oh they don't want to do it? so then it is a big deal and needs to be compensated In the IM world for a busy weekend of phone coverage (covering about 10 providers but never doing anything beyond phone coverage) I would Ask for $500-1000 (anything above $500 is gravy - in my my case it was a lot of NH coverage and they call A LOT!! The local doc's offer each other $1000 to $2000 per weekend.... no idea outside of my little world though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleurjr Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Thank you for the response. I couldn't agree more about the call. If it wasn't that big of a deal then they would do it themselves. I am thinking that since the phone call is going to be overnight (the most inconvient part of 24 hours) I am going to try to get at least 1/2 of a day's/hourly pay. I ran the numbers and 1/4 time is not worth three over night calls (Fri, Sat, and Sun @10pm-4AM). Basically I would be getting crappy sleep for three nights straight for very little benefit. This is excluding the rounding coverage Saturday and Sunday 8-2 each day at about 1.5x pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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