Weekend call rate advise

[Village]

32 bed CSU offering weekend coverage rates of 600 flat rate if census low or fee for service ( psych eval 70 $, Discharge 60$ and followup 30$). Census is variable . Feel this is very low. I am independent contractor looking for weekend work. Any advice please

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[Shikima]

Piss poor.

 

[Jules A]

That is horrid and made even more offensive by the fact that you are a 1099 and will be paying the full boat on taxes. There are a couple of excellent threads here with examples of different weekend deals.

 

[Village]

That is horrid and made even more offensive by the fact that you are a 1099 and will be paying the full boat on taxes. There are a couple of excellent threads here with examples of different weekend deals.

I agree.

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[masterofmonkeys]

this is terrible. My low paying institution is 600 per weekend day for a 13 bed unit with residents handling all the admits and discharges (we still have to see every patient though).

 

[Jules A]

this is terrible. My low paying institution is 600 per weekend day for a 13 bed unit with residents handling all the admits and discharges (we still have to see every patient though).

I'm guessing that is a requirement of your full time employment agreement? The lowest non-locum rate I'm aware of on 13-15 bed units is $3,000 with $4,000 per weekend being the average for a well respected psychiatrist.

 

[nexus73]

I'm guessing that is a requirement of your full time employment agreement? The lowest non-locum rate I'm aware of on 13-15 bed units is $3,000 with $4,000 per weekend being the average for a well respected psychiatrist.

Agreed, my last locums job was 1500 per day so $3000/weekend to cover 12 inpatient beds.

To OP, I think $4000 per day to cover 32 patients is appropriate.

 

[carlosc1dbz]

I think it is great if you are an NP or a PA. If you are a psych resident moonlighting, it seems a little on the low side. If you are an MD/DO out of residency. It is really low.

 

[calvnandhobbs68]

32 bed CSU offering weekend coverage rates of 600 flat rate if census low or fee for service ( psych eval 70 $, Discharge 60$ and followup 30$). Census is variable . Feel this is very low. I am independent contractor looking for weekend work. Any advice please

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We make more than that moonlighting within the hospital as residents. Not covering 32 patients either. No thanks.

 

[Village]

They claim it's for new admits and few managed Care insurance patients that need to be seen daily. Admissions are variable but can vary between 2 to 12. Just too many admits for that amount of compensation

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[SmallBird]

32 bed CSU offering weekend coverage rates of 600 flat rate if census low or fee for service ( psych eval 70 $, Discharge 60$ and followup 30$). Census is variable . Feel this is very low. I am independent contractor looking for weekend work. Any advice please

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This isn't directed at you personally, but that seems so ridiculous it's more likely that this post would be fake than that that would be a real offer.

 

[Merovinge]

This isn't directed at you personally, but that seems so ridiculous it's more likely that this post would be fake than that that would be a real offer.

Yup, that's at least a full 1/3 less than resident moonlighting rates around me in a saturated market.

 

[calvnandhobbs68]

This isn't directed at you personally, but that seems so ridiculous it's more likely that this post would be fake than that that would be a real offer.

For real. Theoretically divide 600 by 12 actual hours of work over the weekend (just to have a number out there)...that's 50 bucks an hour. I pay the dude that walks my dog 20 bucks for a half hour. Come on now. That's probably less than most of the nurses there.

 

[Dharma]

32 bed CSU offering weekend coverage rates of 600 flat rate if census low or fee for service ( psych eval 70 $, Discharge 60$ and followup 30$). Census is variable . Feel this is very low. I am independent contractor looking for weekend work. Any advice please

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Our residents can pull that off during a relatively quick Saturday afternoon in the ED... 4 patients. Run from this one.

 

[Mad Jack]

I made more than that as a respiratory therapist when I picked up an OT weekend shift, that's just embarrassingly low.