Resource • After-hours coverage

After-Hours Call Coverage SOP (Starter)

Practical, owner-friendly guidance you can adapt to your agency’s policies and tools.

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Template

Starter outline (customize for your agency).

Use this outline to standardize call handling and escalation during after-hours coverage.

Call routing: define which lines roll over, voicemail rules, and warm transfer steps.
Triage categories: urgent clinical vs operational vs scheduling vs general questions (define your categories).
Escalation thresholds: what triggers an immediate escalation vs next-business-day follow-up.
Documentation standard: “who/what/when/next step/owner” note format; where notes live.
End-of-shift summary: open items, risks, and action owners.
Quality checks: weekly review of missed calls, response times, and note completeness.

Want help implementing this? We can tailor workflows to your goals and tools.