Brazil Opens Registration for 1,206 SUS Specialist Posts, Deadline Feb. 19
The initiative uses paid training placements in underserved areas to shorten SUS waiting times.
Overview
- Applications run until 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 19 via the UNA-SUS platform, with final results due Mar. 24 on the Health Ministry site.
- The national call covers 1,206 positions across 16 specialties for priority, remote and vulnerable regions under the Agora Tem Especialistas program.
- Selected doctors receive a R$10,000 monthly training stipend, with incentives that can raise pay to R$20,000, and 20% of slots are reserved under affirmative-action policies with verification.
- The model is a bolsa-formação without employment ties, featuring a 20-hour weekly workload (16 clinical) and up to 12 months of professional development delivered by partner institutions such as Proadi-SUS and Rede Ebserh.
- PIauí’s second cycle offers 122 vacancies in 15 cities, with selected specialists scheduled to begin between Mar. 25 and Apr. 2.