On call?

[bayouchick02]

I interviewed for a position today at a pedi clinic, which is where I'd love to work. Everything so far sounded good except for the on call responsibilities. It's 4 providers in the group who rotate, each rotation lasting one month. Is this reasonable? While you won't be on call for 2-3 months at a time, when its your turn , it's a full month of carrying around that pager. I almost wanna suck it up and do it, but I don't wanna burn out either.

Thanks!

[nitasarn]

It seems reasonable to me, but do you get extra in pay for being on call, or is it figured into you salary.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

What does call mean? You take phone calls? You have to round in the hospital? You take walk ins? Im on call every 4th weekend for approx 20 dialysis units - total of 1000 pts from 0700-1900. Then Im on call for my own 200+ pts from 0700-1900 M-F and thats all the time. We get reimbursed $250/weekend. We get no extra for weekdays.

[bayouchick02]

On call meaning you carry a pager and respond to all phone calls during the night.....there's no extra incentive for this

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

How many calls are averaged per night? An occasional phone call? Or 20 calls per night? My Sunday call is an occasional call while my Saturday call averages 20 calls.

[bayouchick02]

See, that's what I'm unsure about. They said it can be an average of 5 calls throughout the night, on an average night. I feel that I'd be on edge every night the month I'm on call as I wait for those calls to come in. I'm just a little uneasy about this

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

Oh my goodness: 5 calls per night every night for a month!!! Ugh - theres not enough money in the world for that! Yikes.....talk about sleep deprived....

[bayouchick02]

My thoughts exactly...... I just never know what each night might bring!