ChristinaMPA-C Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I am contemplating taking a part time job in corrections medicine, about 14 hours a week. I was asked if I would consider taking call every other week. Basically I would be splitting call with the physician, 1 week a time, phone call only. I would not be required to go into work. What sort of compensation would you expect, or negotiate? I'm sort of clueless about on-call pay. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaMPA-C Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 I am contemplating taking a part time job in corrections medicine, about 14 hours a week. I was asked if I would consider taking call every other week. Basically I would be splitting call with the physician, 1 week a time, phone call only. I would not be required to go into work. What sort of compensation would you expect, or negotiate? I'm sort of clueless about on-call pay. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocialMedicine Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I take call 1 week a month. phone consultation only and I manage it very conservatively. maybe 10 calls a week? i get a free cell phone. I am paid reasonably well for what I do otherwise so I didnt negotiate anything extra when I joined the call rotation. a BIG QUESTION would be how busy the call is. If you are taking several calls a day this could be worth quite a bit of money. I am not experienced enough to answer this question but it seems like the equivalent of 4-6 hours pay is approrpriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocialMedicine Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I take call 1 week a month. phone consultation only and I manage it very conservatively. maybe 10 calls a week? i get a free cell phone. I am paid reasonably well for what I do otherwise so I didnt negotiate anything extra when I joined the call rotation. a BIG QUESTION would be how busy the call is. If you are taking several calls a day this could be worth quite a bit of money. I am not experienced enough to answer this question but it seems like the equivalent of 4-6 hours pay is approrpriate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted February 1, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 1, 2012 call rate should be 25% of a single days pay to cover one week night call (m-th) if you cover weekend should be $1000 to $2000 I know it sounds high - but this is a quality of life thing for the doc's and they know how much of a PIA call is. Problem is there is to many PA's that will just say 'sure' to call and that undermines everyone.... I would say an hourly rate of about $15/hour to carry a pager (or about 1/4 your hourly rate) DO NOT GIVE AWAY YOUR CALL SERVICES!!!!!!!!!!!!! (the longer you are a PA the more you will realize this.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted February 1, 2012 Moderator Share Posted February 1, 2012 call rate should be 25% of a single days pay to cover one week night call (m-th) if you cover weekend should be $1000 to $2000 I know it sounds high - but this is a quality of life thing for the doc's and they know how much of a PIA call is. Problem is there is to many PA's that will just say 'sure' to call and that undermines everyone.... I would say an hourly rate of about $15/hour to carry a pager (or about 1/4 your hourly rate) DO NOT GIVE AWAY YOUR CALL SERVICES!!!!!!!!!!!!! (the longer you are a PA the more you will realize this.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpagano Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 call rate should be 25% of a single days pay to cover one week night call (m-th) if you cover weekend should be $1000 to $2000 I know it sounds high - but this is a quality of life thing for the doc's and they know how much of a PIA call is. Problem is there is to many PA's that will just say 'sure' to call and that undermines everyone.... I would say an hourly rate of about $15/hour to carry a pager (or about 1/4 your hourly rate) DO NOT GIVE AWAY YOUR CALL SERVICES!!!!!!!!!!!!! (the longer you are a PA the more you will realize this.....) WOW! Great Advice! Much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpagano Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 call rate should be 25% of a single days pay to cover one week night call (m-th) if you cover weekend should be $1000 to $2000 I know it sounds high - but this is a quality of life thing for the doc's and they know how much of a PIA call is. Problem is there is to many PA's that will just say 'sure' to call and that undermines everyone.... I would say an hourly rate of about $15/hour to carry a pager (or about 1/4 your hourly rate) DO NOT GIVE AWAY YOUR CALL SERVICES!!!!!!!!!!!!! (the longer you are a PA the more you will realize this.....) WOW! Great Advice! Much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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