📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Health extended until February 22nd the deadline for registrations in the new notice for the Mais Medicos Especialistas project, which will hire 1,206 professionals in 16 priority specialties for the Unified Health System (SUS). The action, which will expand service in the SUS - especially in remote and vulnerable regions - is part of the Agora Tem Especialistas program, which brings together the federal governments efforts to expand the populations access to specialized assistance.
Specialist doctors interested in participating in the project must access the UNA-SUS platform and choose at least one municipality and one health establishment, being able to indicate up to two locations of operation, including in different states, respecting the order of preference. The fixed value of the scholarship is R10,000, with the possibility of adding a variable part between R5,000 and R10,000, depending on the degree of vulnerability of the municipality in which it operates.
The selected professionals will receive a monthly training grant, paid directly by the Ministry of Health, in addition to a stipend allocated to expenses with face-to-face immersions in training institutions. The transfer is conditional on effective participation in the activities provided for in the notice, with a weekly workload of 20 hours - of which 16 will be dedicated to assistance activities -, and does not establish an employment relationship.
The notice covers the following specialties: anesthesiology; general surgery; digestive system surgery; oncological surgery; coloproctology; gynecology and obstetrics; cardiology; digestive endoscopy; gastroenterology; clinical oncology; radiotherapy; radiology; mastology; otolaryngology; and pathology.
Medium and high complexity care in the SUS
The work of specialist doctors will take place in hospital and outpatient services of the SUS, in different regions of Brazil. The strategy focuses on strengthening Comprehensive Care Offers (OCI) and carrying out medium and high complexity clinical and surgical procedures in the SUS. The selected professionals will work in assistance activities linked to training itineraries with integrated theory and practice, lasting up to 12 months.
Victor AlmeidaMinistry of Health
