The Cantabrian Health Service awards a Primary Care leadership position

The Cantabrian Health Service has awarded, through the free appointment system, a Unit Head position corresponding to call LD SCS/15/2026. The resolution, signed in Santander on October 7, 2026, is published in the Official Gazette of Cantabria no. 197, of October 14, 2026, with the official reference CVE-2026-7972. The appointment is temporary in nature and its effects are retroactive to the date of taking office.

The origin of the selection process

The position was announced via Resolution of the managing director of the Cantabrian Health Service on September 2, 2026, published in the Official Gazette of Cantabria no. 173, of September 8, 2026 (CVE-2026-7004). That call opened the provision, by free appointment, of a Unit Head position reserved for permanent statutory personnel of classification subgroup A/A1.

The regulatory framework invoked in the award resolution consists of articles 50 and 5.3.e) of Cantabria Law 9/2010, of December 23, on Statutory Personnel of Health Institutions of the Autonomous Community of Cantabria, together with compliance with the provisions of Base 6 of the call.

The awardee and the position

The annex of the resolution identifies the selected person and the characteristics of the destination:

• María Tejero Sainz, with DNI *3933.
• Position title: Primary Care Team Coordinator.
• Destination management: Primary Care Management.
• Classification group and subgroup: A/A1.
• Level: 26.
• Staff code: 1000P72000004LE.

The text provides that the awarded personnel will obtain a temporary appointment for the position, effective from the date of taking office. The resolution also serves as notification to the interested personnel, in accordance with article 42 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations.

Deadlines, termination, and personnel rights

The bases of the call established the conditions that now apply to the designated person:

• Termination of the original position: 3 business days from the publication of the resolution.
• Taking office: 3 business days from termination, or one month if it involves a change of residence.
• Reservation of the original position, with the same previous definitive or provisional status, for permanent statutory personnel of the Cantabrian Health Service.
• Discretionary termination at any time by the authority that agreed to the appointment.
• Resolution of the call within a maximum period of two months from the end of the application period, extendable by one more month.

The signature of the document corresponds to the managing director of the Cantabrian Health Service, by delegation of signature according to the Resolution of December 13, 2023, and falls upon the director of Human Resources and Administrative Coordination, Juan Ramón Artiga Guerrero.

Appeal and administrative route

Against the resolution, which does not exhaust the administrative route, an appeal for reversal (recurso de alzada) may be filed before the Ministry of Health within a period of one month starting from the day following its publication in the Official Gazette of Cantabria.

The award closes a process opened on September 8 and directly affects the organization of primary care in Cantabria, both for the statutory personnel who aspired to the position and for the users of the teams that the new manager will now coordinate.

Source: Official Gazette of Cantabria, no. 197, of October 14, 2026, section I, page 52697 (official reference: CVE-2026-7972).