How does the ICS merit phase score?
The merit phase is worth 50 points on top of the 100 of the exam. 60 % of it (30 points) is professional experience and 40 % (20 points) is curricular merits. Every full month at the ICS or another national health service in the same category is worth 0.358 points; at SISCAT or other administrations, half that (0.179 points, capped at 15).
| Experience | Per full month | Cap |
|---|---|---|
| At the ICS and other national health services, in the same category as the call | 0.358 points | 30 points |
| At SISCAT, other public administrations and university care centres, in a comparable category | 0.179 points | 15 points |
Months are computed by dividing the days credited by 30.41 (365/12) and taking the whole part.
At 0.358 points a month, the 30-point ceiling is reached after 84 months: seven years of ICS service. Anyone without that experience arrives at the list with a gap that only an exam mark can close — and the exam is the part of the process that is actually in your hands.
The 20 curricular points split differently by professional group:
- Groups A1 and A2 (nursing): passing a previous competitive process without securing a post, 5 points; doctorate 3.2 points, official master's or own specialty 2.4 points (cap 8); continuing education 0.017 points per hour up to 300 hours (cap 5); Catalan above the level required, 1 point; ACTIC digital skills, up to 1 point.
- Other groups (nursing assistant): passing a previous competitive process without securing a post, 5 points; continuing education 0.044 points per hour up to 300 hours (cap 13); Catalan above the level required, 1 point; ACTIC, up to 1 point.
Requirements never count as merits: the Catalan certificate you need to take part scores nothing, only one above it does. And the merit phase is not eliminatory — if you do not pass both exam exercises, your merits are never even counted.
Where this answer comes from
If you want the detail
- Free PDF guide The merit arithmetic with worked examples for 2, 5, 7 and 10 years of experience.
- Analysis of the 7 official papers How much exam mark it takes to close an experience gap.
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