Seris announces 45 vacancies for Primary Care Family Physicians

The Riojan Health Service (Seris) has announced 45 permanent statutory staff positions in the category of Family Physician Team in Primary Care, corresponding to the 2026 Public Employment Offer. The call was approved by the Resolution of November 9, 2026, from the Human Resources Directorate of the Seris Management and is published in the Official Gazette of La Rioja number 219, dated November 12, 2026, with the official reference BOR-A-20261112-II–1259. Applicants have a period of one month from the day following the publication.

The call derives from Decree 12/2026, of May 12, which approves the Public Employment Offer for the year 2026, and is governed by the general bases of the extraordinary and transitional regime for access to statutory health personnel positions with specialist degrees in health sciences, approved by the Resolution of May 15, 2026. The framework is completed by Decree 2/2011, of January 14, on the selection of statutory personnel, Royal Decree 184/2015, of March 13, and article 3.5 of Decree 25/2024, of July 23, on the organic structure of the Seris Management.

Distribution of the 45 positions and selection system

The announced positions are distributed among the three shifts provided for in the offer:

• Open competition: 15 positions.
• Internal promotion: 26 positions.
• General disability reserve: 4 positions.
• Total: 45 positions.

The category is assigned to Group A, Subgroup A1, with the reference category of Health Graduate (LOPS) and a specialist qualification in Family and Community Medicine. The selection system is a merit-based competition (concurso), without an examination phase, with a maximum weighted score of 100 points.

Deadline, application, and fees

The deadline for submitting applications is one month from the day following the publication of the call, the same timeframe set for the self-assessment of merits. Processing is electronic, through the application enabled at the address https://gamera.riojasalud.es/meritoteca/convocatorias-publicas.

The fees are set as follows:

• Open competition: 30.49 euros.
• Open competition with general category large family: 15.25 euros.
• Internal promotion: 15.25 euros.
• Disability reserve: exempt from fee.

In-person payment is made using form 046, with category code E053, territorial code SR2601 - SERIS, and concept 0904. Specific requirements include the specialist degree in Family and Community Medicine—or the certification from article 3 of Royal Decree 853/1993, of June 4—and a type B driver’s license, except for persons with a disability degree equal to or greater than 33% with a report of unfitness for driving. No nationality requirement is demanded, only legal residence in Spain.

Scoring Scale: Experience, Training, and Other Merits

The scoring scale is divided into four sections:

• Professional experience: maximum 50 points, with 0.40 points per month worked as a physician of the same category in public health institutions and 9 points for the full period of MIR training.
• Training: maximum 30 points, of which 20 are for continuing education; an official master’s degree related to the field provides 6 points and a doctoral degree, 7.5.
• Other merits: maximum 20 points, with 12.5 for scientific works and publications.
• Additional internal promotion scale: up to 15 points for tenure in positions of other statutory categories, at a rate of 0.25 per month.

All operations in the self-assessment model are performed with four decimal places.

Conditional Appointment and Effects

The appointment incorporates the resolutory condition provided for in Article 15 of Law 9/2025, of December 29, on Fiscal and Administrative Measures for the year 2026: the position is conditional upon the effective incorporation into the assigned post and remaining uninterruptedly in active service in the same for three years. The call for applications does not generate a temporary employment list.

The resolution exhausts the administrative route. An optional appeal for reversal may be filed before the Presidency of the Riojan Health Service within one month, or a contentious-administrative appeal before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of La Rioja within two months.

The call arrives with Riojan Primary Care at the center of Seris’ personnel policy and with a significant volume of positions reserved for internal promotion, which directly affects the physicians already working in the system who aspire to consolidate their position. The decisive weight of the merit-based competition, without an exam, makes the accreditation of previous services and training the determining factor for the 45 applicants who secure a position.

Source: Official Gazette of La Rioja, no. 219, November 12, 2026, section II. Authorities and Personnel, page 19192 (official reference: BOR-A-20261112-II–1259).