The San Pio hospital is seeking retired doctors to support the Orthopedics and Traumatology unit at the Sant'Alfonso Maria de' Liguori hospital in Sant'Agata de' Goti.
According to reporting by NTR24, the measure is intended to help maintain clinical and care services while ordinary recruitment procedures are completed. The hospital had already opened a permanent competition for one Orthopedics and Traumatology medical manager, but that procedure was still underway at the time of the report.
The report describes a unit under pressure. Seven medical managers were reported in service, with two benefiting from Law 104/1992 provisions and one doctor assigned to Sant'Agata de' Goti absent due to illness.
The proposed freelance appointments would pay 80 euros gross per hour, with availability requested up to 38 hours per week and no additional compensation or expense reimbursement. The appointments would run from contract signature through 31 December 2026, with a possible renewal of up to six months subject to continuation of the relevant legal framework in 2027.
The Orthopedics notice follows an earlier 2026 initiative to recruit retired doctors for the Sant'Alfonso emergency department. The available reporting indicates that staffing shortages at the Sant'Alfonso facility affect more than one clinical service, although the two notices concern separate recruitment procedures.
The underlying hospital decision and the official Orthopedics notice were not independently available in the acquired reporting. The final number of appointments, any applications received, and whether contracts were signed have not been established, and the exact application deadline should be checked against the hospital's administrative transparency portal.
