Part Six: Health facilities and services

Each year, a national competition for hospital practitioners in public health establishments may be organised, leading to the establishment of a single list of suitable candidates, drawn up by discipline and speciality. An order of the Minister of Health sets the disciplines and specialities open to the competition for each session. Candidates may only take part in one speciality at any one session. The list of qualified candidates is valid…

All candidates for this competition must meet the following conditions: 1° Either meet the conditions required for practising the profession of doctor, dental surgeon or pharmacist under articles L. 4111-1 and L. 4221-1 and present : a) either the postgraduate diploma or certificate of specialisation qualifying them to practise the speciality applied for ; b) or the equivalence of the qualifying third-cycle specialisation certificate corresponding to the speciality applied for,…

The tests consist of an interview with the selection board and an examination, based on the candidate’s portfolio, of qualifications, work and services rendered, outlining the candidate’s career path and professional project. The procedures for organising the tests are laid down by a joint order of the ministers responsible for higher education and health.

A national jury is set up for each discipline or speciality. Half of each panel is made up of : 1° Hospital practitioners governed by the provisions of section 1 of this chapter with at least four years’ actual service in one or other of these capacities ; 2° Tenured teaching and hospital staff governed by decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff at…

The members of the selection board are chosen by lot and appointed by order of the Director General of the Centre national de gestion des praticiens hospitaliers et des personnels de direction de la fonction publique hospitalière. They may not sit for two consecutive years and may not be members of the national statutory commission. The procedures for setting up the panels and drawing lots for the members of the…

The procedures for the assessment of the candidate by the jury are set by order of the Minister for Higher Education and the Minister for Health. It draws up the list of suitable candidates by discipline and speciality and in alphabetical order.