Are there any OR jobs that Don’t have on call obligations ?

[martymoose, BSN, RN]

As title states ...

[Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN]

You may be able to find that in an ambulatory surgery setting, but highly unlikely to find in an acute cate setting. Even with my facility staffing 24/7, there are still call requirements from when the proverbial brown substance hits the fan. The call team isn’t utilized to come in emergently very often; most of it is staying until the case in your room finishes or another room finishes with evening/night shift staff to relieve.

[ren.romeo95, BSN]

As far as I know, my hospital in NYC doesn’t require on call. I have started orientation yet, due to covid orientation date was pushed back two months. If I find out more info on that I’ll let you know

[CAnewgrad2016, BSN, RN]

I started out in main OR. it is good for basic. surgery centers have no nights or calls or weekends. Some stand alone surgery centers require you to do pre-op, intra-op, and PACU. I'm at an ASC as part of a big teaching hospital and it's great, no nights, calls, or weekends.

Perhaps a travel nursing job won't require you to take calls.

[RNfromCanada]

It is part of the specialty..

[FurBabyMom, MSN, RN]

Call is part of life in the OR, unless you work in a surgery/procedure center which doesn't operate 24/7. Even that though, there are often call requirements (ex. the person to stay late when a room doesn't finish on time). As others have mentioned, some travel assignments may guarantee no call, others require call. Depends on where you go and what you do.

[Nscorpiored, BSN]

Sorry you will have to take the advice of others and just do ambulatory/surgery centers (and even they sometimes have to do urgent/emergent cases)...the only other option I have heard of is if you have done a certain amount of years (25 years or more) or of a certain age (65 and up)

But if you work in an acute setting there will be call/lates...at my hospital OR we must take lates during PeriOp 101 orientation...we are known as 4th and 5th lates so we don't always stay the full four hours after our 8 hours shift...but once off orientation we are expected to take 1st, 2nd, 3rd lates and be on call for holidays/weekends/and must be able to know how to work nights

[martymoose, BSN, RN]

Hi NscorpioredBsn, lates don’t bother me at all. It’s that I physically can’t get to my job in 30 minutes- I’m 45-60 minutes away.

and unfortunately, I’ve got 10 years to go for the other conditions ?

thanks for your input

[Nscorpiored, BSN]

21 hours ago, martymoose said:

Hi NscorpioredBsn, lates don’t bother me at all. It’s that I physically can’t get to my job in 30 minutes- I’m 45-60 minutes away.

and unfortunately, I’ve got 10 years to go for the other conditions ?

thanks for your input

Yeah I can see the dilemma

Then I would say working in a surgery center would be best instead of an acute setting...because call is apart of OR life...and unless they are willing to work with you (my job I think gives me about 30 to 45 minutes to get work if called in) then I am not sure what other options you will have

[ren.romeo95, BSN]

In response to my earlier common; No my hospital in NYC does not require call. Only the Liver team is on call but those nurses on the liver team have been there for decades

[Liisa444 BSc]

Some Canadian hospitals are getting rid of on-call requirements. 

[Nscorpiored, BSN]

Wow! This thread is 4 years old and I am coming up on my 4th year as a circulator time flies and the way my career has changed. Hopefully, you have been able to find a solution but I did want to add since going along further in my career. Several facilities allow or nurses to do float pool/per diem and there is no on call requirement (unless you sign up for them on your own).