On Thursday 22 October, the Municipality of Spata–Artemida published the provisional ranking lists for the five doctors and health professionals it is recruiting on 12-month project contracts. There are candidates for four posts: the general practitioner for the KAPI (the municipal day centres for older people) and KIFI (the Day Care Centre for the Elderly) centres, the orthopaedic surgeon, the paediatrician and the psychiatrist at the Municipal Clinics. The fifth post, for a dietitian, remains vacant: both applications submitted were rejected on the grounds of ‘ineligible academic qualifications’.
The lists were published two weeks earlier than the deadline set in the call for applications itself. When we wrote about the call on 8 October, the department had until 8 November, which meant that all four existing contracts would have expired before the new ones were signed.
Candidates by post
According to the ranking list (ref. no. 86251/22-10-2026) and the list of unsuccessful candidates (ref. no. 86258/22-10-2026):
- General Medicine (code 101), for the KAPI and KIFI centres: one candidate, with 968 marks.
- Orthopaedics (102), for Municipal Clinics: one candidate, with 868 marks.
- Paediatrics (103), for Municipal Clinics and nurseries: two candidates, with 1,199.60 and 928 marks.
- Psychiatry (104), for Municipal Clinics: one candidate, with 904 marks.
- Dietitians (105): two applications, both on the list of unsuccessful candidates.
Most of the points are awarded for experience, which counts as 84 months at 7 points per month, and the top four candidates receive the maximum total of 588 points. The names are listed in the tables published by the Municipality on the Diaugia website.
Objections and signatures
The deadline for appeals is three working days from the day after the notice is posted; that is, based on the notice posted on 22 October, until Tuesday 27 October. Further information is available from the Human Resources Department on 213 2007380. If no objections are raised, the lists will become final and the contracts will then be signed.
The timetable is important for patients. The contracts of the orthopaedic surgeon and the psychiatrist expired on 30 September, meaning that these two specialisms have been absent from the municipal clinics for almost a month now. The general practitioner’s and paediatrician’s contracts expire on 3 November. With the lists already drawn up, the gap in these two posts may be short-lived or even non-existent, provided the new contracts are signed in good time.
The dietitian and money
For the post of dietitian, the vacancy notice required a specific qualification and membership of the Hellenic Association of Dietitians and Nutritionists. With no suitable candidate, the post remains unfilled; to fill it, the Council will have to repeat the process, something it has not yet announced.
The invitation confirmed an allocation of 80,000 euros under the budget heading ‘Expenditure on health services (SMEs – Doctors)’, which is not affected by the 7th budget amendment passed on 21 October. The same amendment reduced another budget line, ‘Contracts for the hiring of doctors, etc.’, amounting to 84,000 euros, to zero, without explaining which contracts it corresponded to.
The Artemida Municipal Clinics are located at 5 Avras Street and Agia Marina, and appointments can be made by calling 22940 45566 and 22940 88088 or via dk_yp@spata-artemis.gr. Until the new contracts are signed, anyone needing to see an orthopaedic surgeon or a psychiatrist should ring ahead before visiting.
Source: Municipality of Spata–Artemida, SMU 01/2026 ranking and marks table (ref. no. 86251) and list of unsuccessful candidates (ref. no. 86258), Diafania 22 October 2026; SME 01/2026 announcement (ref. no. 82587/08 October 2026); Municipal Council Decision 148/2026, Diafania 23 October 2026.
