The new public job offers promoted by different autonomous communities after the extraordinary stabilization are singled out by the Nursing Union as short-range measuresThey serve to fill vacancies, but They do not attack chronic temporality nor do they change the public employment model which thousands of nurses and physiotherapists in the public system suffer.
According to SATSE, once "social pressure" had eased, the administrations resumed the intensive use of temporary employmentwhich complicates the reconciliation and ends up affecting the quality of careIn previous years, the rate of temporary employment reached around 60% of the staff in some health services.
Why the new public employment offers (OPEs) do not solve the problem of temporary employment.
The open calls this year, following the process dictated by the European court, are concentrated in specific coverages and they don't change the basis of the employment model, often published in the official websitesMany professionals still chaining together contracts of days or weeks, with the uncertainty of not knowing if they will be able to keep their position beyond the next shift.
Furthermore, when selection processes are spaced out or resolved late, a overlap of competitive examinations and waiting lists that perpetuate instability. The result, according to SATSE, is a A quick fix. that does not consolidate teams or plan resources in the medium term.
Social pressure and its effects on assistance
The reduction of media and social noise has coincided with a increase in the number of unforeseen events in multiple health services. This back-and-forth of contracts entails excessive rotationsless knowledge of protocols and resources and, ultimately, a reduction in the continuity of care for patients.
Precariousness not only affects the workforce; it also introduces variability in clinical practice and makes team management more difficult. For professionals, it presents additional obstacles to family and personal conciliation due to changing schedules and unforeseen destinations.
Framework Statute: what is being discussed
In the negotiation of the future Framework Statute for statutory staff, the union demands that competitive examinations be called. at least every two years and that they be resolved quickly to avoid bottlenecks. That biennial guideline was included in the first drafts of the preliminary project.
However, the latest version, after the pressure from several autonomous communities, allows the OPEs to be carried out every three yearsSATSE believes that this relaxation of deadlines leaves job stability too dependent on short-term decisions.
Mobility and transfer competitions
Another requirement is to implement open and permanent transfer competitions in all health services, so that voluntary mobility does not depend on sporadic calls for applications. This measure, the union emphasizes, would contribute to improve work-life balance already ordered the destination changes.
To monitor the evolution of the problem, SATSE also proposes creating a Observatory of Temporality in the National Health System, with union participation, capable of monitoring data by autonomous region and propose corrective actions when abuse of the contingency is detected.
Ceuta, an illustrative example
The union values ​​the Advances in the rights of INGESA staffHowever, he complains that there hasn't been a parallel increase in the staff budget. This results in permits being granted overloading the staff and in a deterioration of the occupational health of the rest of the classmates.
Which territories are still pending?
The extraordinary process of job stabilization, initiated in 2023 by mandate of European justiceIt has been completed in most regions between 2024 and this year. Even so, there are still phases to be completed in Canary Islands, Valencian Community and Basque Countryand are expected new calls for applications for opposition candidates, according to union sources.
Given this scenario, the Nursing Union's perception is clear: without periodic and agile competitive examinationsWith guaranteed mobility and effective control of the eventuality, the new OPEs will remain in mere temporary remedies And the public health system will continue to suffer from a problem of temporary employment that affects both staffing levels and the care received by citizens.
