Latest regulations on standards for appointment of Head of department of hospitals in Vietnam

Latest regulations on standards for appointment of Head of department of hospitals in Vietnam (Internet image)

On May 16, 2024, the Ministry of Health issued Decision 1289/QD-BYT, which regulates the standards, conditions, and procedures for appointment, reappointment, transfer, rotation, dismissal, and resignation of management positions in public service providers under the Ministry of Health of Vietnam.

Latest regulations on standards for appointment of Head of department of hospitals in Vietnam

1. General Standards

- Regarding political ideology: Loyalty to the interests of the Party, the nation, the people, and the country; adherence to Marxist-Leninist ideology, Ho Chi Minh's ideology, the goals and ideals of national independence, socialism, and the Party's renovation policy; having a firm political stance, viewpoint, and political courage, not wavering in any situation, resolutely struggling to defend the Party's principles, path, the Constitution, and the laws of the State; placing the interests of the Party, the nation, the people, and the collective above personal interests; being willing to sacrifice for the cause of the Party, for the independence and freedom of the country, and for the happiness of the people; caring about work, strictly following the organization's assignments, and fulfilling all assigned tasks well.

- Regarding ethics, lifestyle, and organizational discipline: Having a virtuous character; living a honest, humble, sincere, and simple life; being thrifty, honest, dedicated, selfless, enthusiastic, and responsible for work; having no ambition for power, no desire for fame; having a spirit of unity, construction, being a role model, loving comrades, and colleagues; not being corrupt, opportunistic, selfish, and actively fighting against and preventing the deterioration of political ideology, ethics, lifestyle, and the "self-transformation" within the organization; resolutely fighting against corruption, nepotism, waste, individualism, opportunistic lifestyles, factionalism, group interests, saying one thing and doing another; implementing fairness, integrity, valuing talented individuals, not allowing relatives or acquaintances to exploit positions and authority for personal gain; complying with and strictly implementing the Party's organizational principles and discipline, especially the principles of democratic centralism, self-criticism, and criticism.

- Regarding capacity and reputation: Having innovative thinking, vision, and scientific working methods; having comprehensive analytical and forecasting abilities; having the ability to identify contradictions, challenges, opportunities, new and difficult problems, limitations, and shortcomings in practice; boldly proposing appropriate, feasible, and effective tasks and solutions to promote, stimulate, or overcome these issues; having practical capacity, grasping and understanding the basic situation of the practical situation in order to concretize and effectively organize the implementation of the Party's guidelines, policies, and laws of the State in the assigned field and area of work; being diligent, hardworking, proactive, creative, daring to think, dare to act, dare to take responsibility and serve the people; having leadership and directive abilities; being a role model, gathering and promoting the collective strength of individuals and the collective; being trusted and relied upon by officials, Party members, and the people.

2. Specific Standards

(1) Professional qualifications:

- Clinical departments: Graduated from a specialist doctor or master's degree in medicine (graduated from a specialist doctor or doctorate for special-ranked units), with a relevant training discipline for the field and responsibilities.

- Paraclinical departments: Graduated from a specialist or master's degree or higher (graduated from a specialist doctor or doctorate for special-ranked units), with a relevant training discipline for the field and responsibilities.

- Nursing departments: Graduated with a bachelor's degree or higher in nursing (graduated with a specialist doctorate or master's degree in nursing for special-ranked units).

- Pharmacy departments: Graduated with a specialist doctorate or master's degree or higher in pharmacy (graduated with a specialist doctorate or doctorate in pharmacy for special-ranked units).

- Infection control departments: Graduated with a university degree or higher (graduated with a specialist doctorate or master's degree for special-ranked units), with a relevant training discipline for the field and responsibilities; having a certificate of infection control training as required.

- Nutrition departments: Graduated with a bachelor's degree in nutrition or graduated as a doctor and have a nutrition training certificate of at least 6 months (graduated with a specialist doctorate or master's degree in nutrition for special-ranked units).

- Administrative departments (functions): Graduated from university or higher, with a relevant training discipline for the field and responsibilities.

(2) Theoretical political qualifications: Graduated from intermediate level or higher in political theory.

(3) Work and management experience: Currently holding the position of deputy head of department/unit or equivalent for at least 2 years.

More details can be found in Decision 1289/QD-BYT which comes into force from May 16, 2024.

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