Galician Health Service calls over 20,000 candidates for healthcare positions

Exams for access to various categories of the Galician public health system will begin on October 24th and continue until mid-November.

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The Galician Health Service (Sergas) has called over 20,000 candidates for access tests to various categories of the Galician public health system, which will take place between October 24th and November 15th.

The Directorate General of Human Resources of the Galician Health Service has made public the place, date, and time for the opposition phase exercises for access to various categories of the Galician public health system. The exams will begin next Saturday, October 24th, at 9:30 AM.
At this initial time, 1,961 candidates are summoned for the categories of pharmacy technician (1,273 admitted for 38 positions), speech therapist (219 candidates for 5 positions), and driver (469 people for 15 positions). In the afternoon shift of the same day, starting at 4:00 PM, tests will be held for physiotherapist (870 admitted for 27 positions), higher technician in diagnostic imaging (1,406 admitted for 67 positions), plumber (156 candidates for 8 positions), and specialist technician in information systems and technologies (140 admitted for 5 positions). These exercises registered a total of 2,572 admitted individuals.
On Sunday, October 25th, starting at 4:00 PM, exams will be held for auxiliary nursing care technician (TCAE), in both the general and intellectual disability shifts, and for pharmacy technician (intellectual disability shift). In this case, a total of 9,561 people were admitted, of whom 9,555 are competing for the 1,306 TCAE positions and 6 candidates for the pharmacy technician category (intellectual disability).
The tests will continue on Sunday, November 8th, starting at 9:30 AM, with 1,496 opposition candidates. These include medical admission and clinical documentation (56 candidates for 5 positions), higher technician in information systems and technologies (91 admitted for 9 positions), social worker (1,608 candidates for 57 positions), and mechanic (277 candidates for 5 positions). In the afternoon shift of that day, 8,003 people will participate in the tests for the administrative function auxiliary group (192 positions offered).
The weekend of November 14th and 15th will be the last with exams, for which 10,172 people are called. On Saturday, November 14th, in the morning (9:30 AM), there will be tests for general practitioner of the Organ and Blood Donation Agency (34 candidates for 6 positions), primary care pharmacists (655 admitted for 31 positions), primary care dentists (196 admitted for 8 positions), technician in information systems and technologies management (104 candidates for 9 positions), and heating technician (181 admitted for 7 positions). In the afternoon (4:00 PM), tests will be held for orderly (7,800 people for 348 positions).
On Sunday, November 15th, the exams will conclude (9:30 AM) with the specialties of 061 assistance physician (139 admitted for 8 positions), occupational therapist (273 admitted for 11 positions), dietitian-nutritionist (363 admitted for 45 positions), and electrician (427 admitted for 11 positions).
Based on information from the official source: Área Sanitaria de Santiago e Barbanza (CHUS) (16/10/2026)