Per Diem non-bedside?

Just curious-
Has anyone ever heard of a per diem RN job that is not bedside? If so, what area of nursing was it?
how far from the beside?

Are you referring to positions that don't involve patient care or just something other than inpatient nursing? Outpatient facilities do utilize per diem nurses. I have a per diem outpatient job that I enjoy.

I think outpatient counts

I do per diem home care. It's a little more complicated than just putting your availability down though.

Outpatient, utilization review, infection control, intake, home health, community/public health, school...pretty much any non-bedside job that utilizes nurses has the potential to need/use a per-diem nurse.

I don't think it would be possible for a per diem nurse to function effectively in most non-clinical jobs due to the amount of organizational &/or operational knowledge that it takes to fulfill those duties. These jobs are generally exempt (non-hourly), so those departments are expected to adjust scheduling to account for unscheduled absences rather than backfill with temporary staff. For scheduled absences (vacations, FMLA, Maternity leave, etc) they have a staffing plan for coverage, but I do know of some instances in which a locums was used for to provide 3 months of Infection Control coverage.