Linked Positions University of Murcia and SMS 2026: what they are and how to access

Key data

Health professionals with a teaching vocation and university teachers in the health sciences area have a concrete opportunity in Murcia: the Resolution of 8 May 2026, published in the BOE on 22 May, convenes a competition for access to linked positions between the University of Murcia and the Murcian Health Service.

This type of call is relevant because it is not an ordinary position, neither university nor health-related: it is a figure that combines both functions simultaneously, with requirements and selection processes coordinated between two different administrations.

What does this regulation establish?

The resolution convenes a competition for access to linked positions between the University of Murcia and the Murcian Health Service. The essential characteristics of these positions are as follows:

• Dual modality: they combine university teaching with clinical care activity in the Murcian public health system.
• Reserved profile: they are intended for university teaching bodies with a health profile, usually in health sciences areas.
• Simultaneous requirements: candidates must meet at the same time the academic requirements required to access university teaching bodies and the health requirements established by the Murcian Health Service.
• Administrative coordination: the call is joint, which implies coordination between the university and regional health administration in all phases of the process.
• Regulatory framework: the process is governed by the regulations for access to university teaching bodies and applicable health legislation.

The figure of the linked position exists precisely to facilitate the best clinical professionals to also exercise university teaching, and vice versa, without having to give up either of the two career paths.

Economic and operational impact

From the point of view of candidates, accessing a linked position means a double contractual and remuneration link: the professional receives remuneration from both the university system and the health system, in accordance with the remuneration regimes of each administration.

For the convening institutions, the management of these positions involves:

• Continuous administrative coordination between the University of Murcia and the Murcian Health Service for the management of schedules, on-call duties, teaching and research.
• More complex selection processes than ordinary ones, as they require the evaluation of merits in two different areas.
• Shared budgetary commitment between both administrations to sustain the remuneration of the holders of these positions.

For the hospitals and faculties involved, the existence of linked positions strengthens the connection between university training in health sciences and real clinical practice, which has a direct impact on the quality of training for future health professionals.

Who does it affect?

• University teachers with a health profile who wish to incorporate clinical care activity to their career at the University of Murcia.
• Health professionals of the Murcian Health Service or with experience in the public system who wish to access university teaching bodies.
• Specialists in health sciences (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and related areas) with accreditable academic and clinical merits.
• Health sciences faculties of the University of Murcia, which will see positions filled with a clinical-teaching profile.
• Hospitals and health centers linked to the Murcian Health Service where the care activity of the position holders will be carried out.

Practical example

A specialist doctor currently working in a hospital of the Murcian Health Service and who also has accredited academic merits (publications, previous teaching, doctoral thesis) can apply for this access competition.

If selected, they will occupy a linked position that will allow them to combine their clinical activity in the hospital with teaching at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Murcia. Their administrative status will be regulated in a coordinated manner between both institutions, with remuneration from both systems.

This profile is common in specialties such as internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics or psychiatry, where the training of residents and undergraduate students is carried out directly in the hospital environment.

What should professionals do now?

1. Consult the full text of the resolution in the BOE (reference BOE-A-2026-11044) to learn about the positions convened, specific requirements and deadlines for submitting applications.
2. Verify simultaneous compliance with requirements academic (for access to university teaching bodies) and health (required by the Murcian Health Service), as both are mandatory.
3. Prepare supporting documentation of merits in both areas: academic curriculum, publications, previous teaching, clinical experience and any other merit established by the call.
4. Contact the University of Murcia and the Murcian Health Service to resolve doubts about the process, given that management is joint between both administrations.
5. Strictly respect the deadlines for submitting applications that appear in the call, as non-compliance implies automatic exclusion from the process.