Hospice On Call Compensation Structure

Katillac, RN · Oct 27, 2004

I am a hospice and palliative care nurse who takes scheduled call quite a bit (every other weekend, and every Monday night). I'm curious about how on call pay is structured in other organizations. Here's how ours works: We get paid by the hour to "carry the beeper" weekend nights from 1630 until 0830, and a little more for the weekend 24 hour periods from 0830 Saturday until 0830 Monday. We get mileage door to door for visits. No extra money for admissions, Friday nights, holidays or middle of the night visits.

Many healthcare organizations get a base rate for call and then a different hourly rate for visits. Are there hospices out there in allnurses land who operate that way? No need for specific dollar amounts, I'm just curious how others are set up.

Thanks!

Kat

Angelica · Oct 28, 2004

I get $3 per hour on call, door to door mileage, and $25 per each after hours admission. My weekend call starts 5 pm on Friday and ends 8 am on Monday. I only get weekend call once every five weeks. I get $4.50 per hour for call on holidays.

Angelica · Oct 28, 2004

I get $3 per hour on call, door to door mileage, and $25 per each after hours admission. My weekend call starts 5 pm on Friday and ends 8 am on Monday. I only get weekend call once every five weeks. I get $4.50 per hour for call on holidays.

aimeee, BSN, RN · Oct 28, 2004

For weekday on call the nurses don't receive anything extra, just paid by the hour if they go out, plus travel time and mileage reimbursement. Weekend call starts at 8a on Saturday and runs through 8a on Monday. They get 16 hours of pay for that. Then they are off 2 days on the following week. Frequency of weekend call depends on staffing levels. Usually its once a month or a bit less.

aimeee, BSN, RN · Oct 28, 2004

For weekday on call the nurses don't receive anything extra, just paid by the hour if they go out, plus travel time and mileage reimbursement. Weekend call starts at 8a on Saturday and runs through 8a on Monday. They get 16 hours of pay for that. Then they are off 2 days on the following week. Frequency of weekend call depends on staffing levels. Usually its once a month or a bit less.

Katillac, RN · Oct 28, 2004

For weekday on call the nurses don't receive anything extra, just paid by the hour if they go out, plus travel time and mileage reimbursement. Weekend call starts at 8a on Saturday and runs through 8a on Monday. They get 16 hours of pay for that. Then they are off 2 days on the following week. Frequency of weekend call depends on staffing levels. Usually its once a month or a bit less.

Thanks for the reply, aimee, but I am a little confused. When you say they don't get anything extra, does that mean they don't get paid to be available to take calls (and do phone triage, I imagine) during the week except if they make visits? Also, when you say they are off the two days the following week, do you mean they take regularly scheduled days off and are paid for them, or are they just not required to work? Also, can you tell me what the average census is of your agency, both hospice and palliative care if you have PC on call?

Thanks!

Kat

Katillac, RN · Oct 28, 2004

For weekday on call the nurses don't receive anything extra, just paid by the hour if they go out, plus travel time and mileage reimbursement. Weekend call starts at 8a on Saturday and runs through 8a on Monday. They get 16 hours of pay for that. Then they are off 2 days on the following week. Frequency of weekend call depends on staffing levels. Usually its once a month or a bit less.

Thanks for the reply, aimee, but I am a little confused. When you say they don't get anything extra, does that mean they don't get paid to be available to take calls (and do phone triage, I imagine) during the week except if they make visits? Also, when you say they are off the two days the following week, do you mean they take regularly scheduled days off and are paid for them, or are they just not required to work? Also, can you tell me what the average census is of your agency, both hospice and palliative care if you have PC on call?

Thanks!

Kat

Katillac, RN · Oct 28, 2004

I get $3 per hour on call, door to door mileage, and $25 per each after hours admission. My weekend call starts 5 pm on Friday and ends 8 am on Monday. I only get weekend call once every five weeks. I get $4.50 per hour for call on holidays.

Thanks for your response, Angelica. Could you please tell me what your average census is?

Thanks,

Kat

Katillac, RN · Oct 28, 2004

I get $3 per hour on call, door to door mileage, and $25 per each after hours admission. My weekend call starts 5 pm on Friday and ends 8 am on Monday. I only get weekend call once every five weeks. I get $4.50 per hour for call on holidays.

Thanks for your response, Angelica. Could you please tell me what your average census is?

Thanks,

Kat

Angelica · Oct 28, 2004

Thanks for your response, Angelica. Could you please tell me what your average census is?
Thanks,
Kat

We've been a little slow the last few months. I haven't gone over 8 pts since April. At one point this summer I had 2! That's a little TOO slow. I'm at 6 right now. Never had more than 14.

renerian, BSN, RN · Oct 29, 2004

Most of the on call people at the agency I volunteer for area are salaried and there are 2. They get their salary. Per diem fill in and get 2.00 per hour for the pager and 50 per visit if they need to go out.

renerian