'On Call Pay'

Re: 'On Call Pay'

NuttyNu — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:41:03 GMT

We get a half day in the week (should be the day before the late night but this changes regularly!)

Our late night shift is 945-7 but if we are on our own it is not uncommon to finish about 8. We are on call from 6pm (As usually you are on your own as we haven't enough staff to pair up every day). You can go home though once cleaning etc is done. We come back for 10pm checks on the animals and charge for the time spent there (time and a half).

If we are called out between 6-8pm then we charge time and a half, if we are called out (or still on a call/emergency) between 8pm and 8am we get double pay.

If we are not called out we get a quiet night in (apart from 10pm checks!) and no extra money (again apart from checks at 10!).

You then go and do a full day the day after (Whatever you are rota'd to work!)

Seems to suit me as this is all i have known! It is a nightmare when you are up all night with emergencies and then you have to work a long day afterwards.

Thats how ours works anyway!

Re: 'On Call Pay'

les punton — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:37:56 GMT

we dont get a retainer for being on call but get £30ish per call out, if there are in-patients we get average of £10 an animal (different rates depanding on amount of work needed £5-£15ish). Seems to work with us although of course everyone wouuld like more pay! This is not what the client gets charge - we recieve a percentage. Personally I would like to drop the amount the client gets charged and up ours

Re: 'On Call Pay'

Gemma Burden RVN — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:40:11 GMT

I have been fortunate enough to no longer have to work on call for several years now, but in my previous practice we had a formal on call rota. We were paid a set amount for being on call (more for weekends), then were paid at time and a half for any call outs before midnight, and double time for after midnight or at weekends. We were then paid time and a half or double time at weekends for any visits to inpatients we needed to make. This worked really well for us as if for any reason the rota wasn't completely fair then we were at least going to be paid for each night that we were on call, rather than having it as part of a salary.

Re: 'On Call Pay'

kim Wilson — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:13:53 GMT

Many thanks ladies,

this is all really helpful. i will let you know what happens and maybe you can make some changes at your practices!!

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We have an on call rota, but only get paid when were called out...

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Re: 'On Call Pay'

Eira Davies — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:59:51 GMT

We have an on call rota, but only get paid when were called out...

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Emma Gerrard Dip AVN (SA) DipHe CVN BSc (Hons) CVN RVN KSQP RAM — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:34:09 GMT

I wish my pratice would change our on call and pay! We are on call on an informal basis and the vets ring round to see who is about. We are getting busier and def need a more structured on call rota and pay system! We dont even get paid for our out of hours, we just get our time back!!

Re: 'On Call Pay'

kim Wilson — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:53:27 GMT

Thanks Louise, I thought that was the sort of figure, is this locum rates though, as when i locummed that was the sort of money they paid but that was 10 years ago!!! Its good to know we weren't that far off the mark though, Cheers, Kim.

Re: 'On Call Pay'

louise170388 — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:13:37 GMT

Having locummed at a few places ive seen it done differently everywhere but as a general rule...

Most places paid around £20-25 for a nurse to be on call for the night, then if they were actually called out they would receive pay for the hours that they worked, usually its standard hourly rate. But they would get the £20-25 wether they were called out or not.

Also they would be paid for the 10pm checks, i.e an hours work minimum, but more if it took longer than an hour.

Hope this helps!