on-call duties
Ready-to-respond work
On-call duties are work responsibilities that require being available outside normal hours to respond if needed.
The term appears most often in medicine, IT, and emergency services, where problems don't wait for business hours: She's covering on-call duties this weekend, On-call duties include responding to system outages within fifteen minutes.
Being on call doesn't mean actively working—it means being ready to work at short notice.
- standbyReady substitute awaiting use
- pagerPortable alert receiver
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- emergency roomHospital crisis department
- shiftMovement or work period
night shift · shift work · night · weekend · hospital · medical staff · rotation · availability · coverage · backup · urgent · response · overtime · beeper · alert · fatigue · callback · schedule
on-call dutiestime off
Scheduled absence from duties
leave · personal time · vacation · rest period · active duty
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