Osakidetza has opened applications for the third phase of the 2023–2025 public sector recruitment process (Oferta Pública de Empleo 2023–2025), from 2 November to 27 November 2026 at 14:00. The process is based on the specific provisions published on 30
October 2026 in the Boletín Oficial del País Vasco . Applications can now be submitted for 42 professional groups; written examinations are currently scheduled to begin in February 2027. Osakidetza plans to announce specific dates, examination venues and times in January 2027. According to official information, the 2023–2025 public sector recruitment process covers 5,425 posts across 107 professional groups, making it the largest ordinary recruitment round to date for the Servicio Vasco de Salud.
The aim of the procedure is to stabilise employment relationships within the framework of the Pacto Vasco de Salud, to ensure continuity of care and quality in health centres. As in previous phases, applicants will receive the relevant question bank and a reference bibliography to prepare.\n\nA key new feature is the unified exam format: a multiple-choice test combines theoretical and practical components in a single exam, if required. Those who pass the opposition phase can reserve their score for the next selection round advertised in the same professional group.\n\nThe second phase of the procedure is also under way, with 21,408 applications submitted across 41 professional groups.
The exams there will take place in October and November 2026; the main examination venues are the Aulario Las Nieves of the EHU in Vitoria-Gasteiz and the Bilbao Exhibition Centre in Barakaldo. In the first phase, held in June, the largest professional groups were particularly affected, including nurses, nursing assistants and administrative assistants; more than 101,000 applications were received for these.\n\nThe deadlines, eligibility requirements and assessment rules published in the Boletín Oficial del País Vasco are binding. Osakidetza has announced that it will publish organisational information about examination venues and specific times separately, and make application documents available online during the application period.
Editor: Clara Simonichek (Article created with AI assistance).