Castro, Janete Lima deMendes, Tatiana de Medeiros CarvalhoOliveira, Renata Fonsêca Sousa deMendonça, Juliana Marques NogueiraMedeiros Junior, Antônio2023-11-072023-11-072018MENDES, Tatiana de Medeiros Carvalho; OLIVEIRA, Renata Fonsêca Sousa de; MENDONÇA, Juliana Marques Nogueira; MEDEIROS JUNIOR, Antônio; CASTRO, Janete Lima de. Planos de cargos, carreiras e salários: perspectivas de profissionais de saúde do centro-oeste do Brasil. Saúde em Debate, [S.l.], v. 42, n. 119, p. 849-861, out. 2018. FapUNIFESP (SciELO). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0103-1104201811905. Disponível em: https://www.scielo.br/j/sdeb/a/FzP8rJLtwtNyCxKPr3Npq5M/?lang=pt. Acesso em: 17 out. 2023.e2358-2898https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/55184The improvement of working management practices is a requirement for health services in all regions of the Country. The present study analyzes the implementation of the Position Plans, Careers and Salaries (PCCS) in health institutions, from the perspective of health professionals in the CentralWest region of Brazil. This is a documentary study, with a qualitative approach. The textual content of the documents was submitted to the lexicographical analysis and Descending Hierarchical Classification (DHC), with the help of the Iramuteq software. The documents were analyzed in the light of the Bardin Content Analysis. The research universe consisted of 211 documents. As for the profile of the professionals whose testimonies are contained on the research documents, it was observed the predominance of female servers, in the age group of 36 to 50 years, with a higher education level and from the state sphere. Despite the challenges, such as unfavorable working conditions and non-compliance of labor rights by some managers, the PCCS shows itself as a motivational instrument to the workers, contributing to the valorization, fixation and career prospects, especially at the federal levelAttribution 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/recursos humanos em saúdeorganização e administraçãotrabalhomobilidade ocupacionalsistema único de saúdeHealth manpowerorganization and administrationunified health systemworkcarrer mobilityarticlehttps://doi.org/10.1590/0103-1104201811905