Osakidetza will take 3,535 seats out of the opposition in two phases. In the first, 1,611 places will be offered, among which are 322 places for Family Medicine and 62 for Paediatrics.
The deadline to register for the Osakidetza OPE 2018-2019, which will offer 3,535 places, will start this Tuesday, January 25, and will last until 2:00 p.m. on February 24.
Osakidetza has enabled a section on the web where you can consult all the information, such as the general and specific agenda for each category and the bibliography. In this first group will be offered 1611 places for a total of 19 categories, such as family and pediatric doctors, nurses -including specialization in occupational and mental health-, physiotherapist, midwife, diploma in optics and optometry, as well as in speech therapy, occupational therapist, social worker, specialist in pathological anatomy, technician specialist in hearing aids and dietetics, in health documentation, in radiodiagnosis, in radiotherapy or administrative.
Among the places offered in this first group, are those aimed at reinforcing Primary Care, how are the 322 places in Family Medicine and the 62 Pediatrics.
The first stage exams They will be held, predictably, between the months of May and July, although more detailed information on the place, day and time of the tests will be provided soon.
In a second phase, in the spring of 2022, all the remaining categories will be included.
An OPE with “the maximum guarantees”
On December 14, after approving the bases of the OPE, the Department of Health stated that this opposition will strengthen the templates and provide greater stability in this network, as well as in the entire health system.
Osakidetza stressed that the call for the OPE will have “the maximum guarantees in order to select the best professionals and attract talent, complying with the principles of equality, merit, capacity, objectivity, impartiality, transparency, agility and reliability”, which it is “the ultimate goal”.
To this end, measures will be implemented such as the election of the courts by lottery, the reduction of their members or the approval of a code of conduct.
Regarding the preparation of the exams, I point out that those who are part of the courts will have a manual. Each court may decide whether to assume responsibility for the preparation of the evidence or whether to entrust this task to an external body with experience in the matter.
The Basque Health Service also pointed out that the preparation of the practical part will not depend on a single person and it is planned to introduce a random element in order to “ensure that no one who participates in the selection process can have knowledge of the final content of the proof”.
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