Health Department opens call to fill the Primary Care Directorate of Vigo

The Department of Health (Consellería de Sanidade) has opened the public call to fill, through the system of free appointment, the position of Director of Primary Care in the Vigo Health Area. The call is detailed in the Order of October 6, 2026, published in the Official Gazette of Galicia (DOG) no. 196, of October 15, 2026, within section IV, Oppositions and competitions. Interested persons have a period of ten business days to submit their application.

Regulatory framework and issuing body

The order is signed by the Minister of Health, Antonio Gómez Caamaño, in Santiago de Compostela on October 6, 2026, and is issued using the powers of the department. The call is based on Article 121 of Law 8/2008, of July 10, on Health in Galicia, modified by Law 1/2018, of April 2, and Article 4, section 1.1, of Decree 134/2019, of October 10, which regulates the health areas and health districts of the public health system of Galicia.

The procedure is furthermore governed by Articles 59 and 60 of Decree 206/2005, of July 22, on the provision of positions for statutory personnel of the Galician Health Service (Sergas). The resolution of the call will be made public in the DOG itself, and the offered position may be declared vacant.

Characteristics of the offered position

Annex I of the order details the conditions of the convened position:

• Designation: Director of Primary Care.
• Location: Vigo.
• Provision system: free appointment.
• Required qualification: graduate, licensee, or health diploma or equivalent according to the European Higher Education Area.

Regarding remuneration, the fixed amounts will be those corresponding according to current regulations on the preparation of payrolls for personnel in the service of the autonomous Administration. The variable part will be received based on the fulfillment of the objectives previously agreed upon for each management position with the competent bodies of Sergas.

Applications, deadlines, and processing

Applications shall be submitted to the General Registry of the central and peripheral services of the Department of Health and Sergas, or through any of the procedures provided for in Article 16.4 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the common administrative procedure. The deadline is ten business days starting from the day following the publication of the order in the DOG.

Along with the application model in Annex II, candidates must provide a curriculum vitae. Within the deadline, they must also register their personal data, requirements, and merits in their personal electronic file (Fides/expedient-e) and certify them before a validation unit, accessing through the Sergas website.

Appointment and appeal process

According to articles 59 and 60 of Decree 206/2005, the link of the selected person shall be formalized through an administrative appointment when it concerns statutory personnel or civil servants with a permanent link to the service of any Public Administration, belonging to the classification group corresponding to the required academic level. In other cases, in the scenarios provided for in letters a), b) and c) of article 60, the link may be formalized through a senior management employment contract.

Against the order, which ends the administrative route, a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed within two months before the competent court. Optionally and previously, an administrative appeal for reversal may be presented before the governing body within one month.

Background in the same health area

This is not the first call for management positions in the Vigo Health Area this year. The Order of August 4, 2026, published in DOG no. 152, of August 13, called for the free designation of two positions: Director of Economic Resources and Deputy Director of the Economic Resources Area.

That call was resolved through the Order of September 8, 2026, disseminated in DOG no. 178, of September 18, with the selection and appointment of Ernesto Tapia García as Director of Economic Resources and María Cristina Martín Fragueiro as Deputy Director of the Economic Resources Area.

The new call directly affects healthcare professionals aspiring to clinical management responsibilities and Sergas personnel interested in promotion. The filling of the Primary Care Directorate of Vigo will determine the healthcare orientation of one of the health areas with the highest volume in Galicia, therefore the finally selected profile will have a direct impact on the organization of health centers and the care provided to the citizens of the region.

Source: Official Gazette of Galicia, no. 196, of October 15, 2026, section IV, p. 52719 (official reference: ddipsdv6-wl92-1x10-19z0-iv4ynauux8b2).