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• Advt. No.: 07/2024
• Post: Community Health Officer (CHO)
• Organisation: State Health Society, Bihar (SHSB)
• State: Bihar
• Ministry: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW)
• Programme: National Health Mission (NHM)
• Scheme: Ayushman Bharat Scheme
• Vacancies: 4500+ vacancies
• Type: Contractual Job
• Eligible: Both Male and Female.
• Last Date: 21/11/2024
Who are Community Health Officers?
Under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme, Government of Bihar has decided to transform Sub-Health Centers (SHC), Additional Primary Health Centres (APHC), and Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHC) into Health & Wellness Centres (HWC).
These HWC's will be led by a Community Health Officer (CHO).
For this, the Integrated curriculum of Certificate in Community Health (CCH) was introduced with B.Sc./Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing curriculum to produce candidates of skills and competency to lead the team and provide comprehensive primary healthcare at Sub Health Centre level Ayushmann Bharat Health & Wellness Centres (AB-HWC).
Community Health Officers (CHO) will be the incharge of these AB-HWC's, and they will work in co-ordination with the primary healthcare team.
So a CHO will ensure proper implementation of Ayushman Bharat Scheme at HWC, and help people in getting benefitted through this scheme. Apart from Ayushman Bharat, they will also be responsible for implementation of other health programmes under NHM. They will also be involved in providing improved primary health care facilities to the people, promotion of health and prevention of diseases.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Advertisement Date: 18/10/2024
Application Begin: 01/11/2024 (from 10 AM)
Last Date to Apply Online: 21/11/2024 (till 6 PM)
Pay Exam Fee Last Date: 21/11/2024 (till 6 PM)
Exam Date: will be announced later
APPLICATION FEES:
Gen/EWS/BC/EBC: ₹500
SC/ST/PH: ₹250
All category Female: ₹250
VACANCY:
A total of 4500 vacancies have been advertised, which are distributed as follows:
(i) General (UR): 979 vacancies
(Open: 736, Female: 243)
(ii) EWS: 245 vacancies
(Open: 159, Female: 86)
(iii) SC: 1243 vacancies
(Open: 1106, Female: 137)
(iv) ST: 55 vacancies
(Open: 47, Female: 08)
(v) EBC: 1170 vacancies
(Open: 1016, Female: 154)
(vi) BC: 640 vacancies
(Open: 537, Female: 103)
(vii) BC-Female: 168 vacancies
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION (as on 01/10/2024):
(i) B.Sc. (Nursing) with integrated curriculum of Certificate in Community Health for Nurses (CCHN) from an Indian Nursing Council/State Nursing Council recognized Institute or University from academic year 2020 onwards, OR,
(ii) Post Basic B.Sc. (Nursing) course with integrated curriculum of Certificate in Community Health for Nurses (CCHN) from an Indian Nursing Council/State Nursing Council recognized Institute or University from academic year 2020 onwards, OR,
(iii) B.Sc. (Nursing)/Post Basic B.Sc. (Nursing)/General Nurse and Midwifery (GNM) passed candidates who have completed Certificate Course in Community Health (CCH) through IGNOU/other State Public Health/Medical Universities as per curriculum of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of India (specified for eligibility of CHOs by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GOI).
NOTE: The academic year refers to the Integration of middle level health providers (MLHP), i.e., students who have undergone 4th year B.Sc. Nursing and 2nd year Post B.Sc. Nursing in the year 2019-20 or onwards and passed the course successfully.
AGE LIMIT (as on 01/10/2024):
Minimum: 21 years
Maximum: 42 years
• Age relaxation in the upper age limit will be given to:
(i) BC/EBC: 03 years
(ii) Female (UR/EWS): 03 years
(iii) SC/ST: 05 years
(iv) Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PWBD): 10 years
(v) Departmental Candidates: 05 years
Are Other State Candidates Eligible?
Yes, other state candidates are eligible for this recruitment.
But you will be considered as a General/Unreserved (UR) candidate, and will not get benefit of reservation.
Registration in Bihar Nurses Registration Council (BNRC):
Candidates must be registered in Bihar Nurses Registration Council (BNRC), but candidates having registration in other State’s Nursing Council as Nurse and Midwife are also eligible to apply.
Their joining will be purely provisional, till the time they submit their registration certificate of Bihar Nurses Registration Council (BNRC) at District Health Society (DHS) within 90 days of joining in their concerned districts.
BOND & CONTRACT PERIOD:
• DURATION: Minimum 18 months (1.5 years).
• BOND: Candidates are required to furnish a Surety Bond of ₹2,40,000 at the time of joining as Community Health Officer (CHO) with the respective District Health Society (DHS). The bond will be furnished on stamp paper of ₹1000, stating that the candidate shall serve as CHO for a minimum period of 18 months failing which he will pay the recoverable amount of ₹2,40,000 through Demand Draft drawn in favour of "The Executive Director, State Health Society Bihar" and payable at Patna.
SALARY:
Salary of Community Health Officers (CHO) will have two components:
(i) HONORARIUM (Fixed): ₹32,000/month.
(ii) PERFORMANCE BASED INCENTIVE (Variable): up to ₹8,000/month
• TOTAL SALARY: ₹40,000/month
JOB PROFILE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
On being selected, the candidate will be posted at the Health & Wellness Centers (HWC) as Community Health Officer (CHO) to lead the primary care provider team consisting of female health workers (ANM's), male health worker (MPW), ASHA's etc.
Their job responsibilities will include:
(a) Implement National Health Programs, including Ayushman Bharat Scheme.
(b) Administration & management at Health & Wellness Centers (or Sub Centers).
(c) Health education and encourage awareness about the five expanded range of services (as specified by MoH&FW, GoI).
(d) Preventive, Promotive & Curative care.
(e) Identification of "Danger Signs" and Referral after pre-referral stabilization.
(f) Implement Bio-medical waste disposal guidelines and Infection control policies.
(g) Supervision of health workers for Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning and Nutrition related services.
SELECTION PROCESS:
The selection process shall include two phases:
A. Phase-I: Computer Based Test (CBT).
B. Phase-II: Document Verification Process (DVP).
A. Phase-I: Computer Based Test (CBT):
• Merit will be generated based on CBT.
• It will consist of two sections:
(i) Section-I: Professional Knowledge
[This part will have 80 Questions from professional knowledge of the respective discipline]
(ii) Section-II: Aptitude Test
[This part will have 20 Questions from General Aptitude, Reasoning, General Awareness and Basic Computer knowledge]
• TOTAL: 100 questions (MCQs)
• Each question has 1 mark weightage.
• Total Marks: 100 marks
• Negative Marking: NO ANY
• Total Time: 120 minutes (2 hours).
• Minimum Qualifying Marks: 30%
B. Phase-II: Document Verification Process (DVP):
Shortlisted candidates (based on CBT) will be called for the Document Verification Process (DVP), in the ratio of 1:2 (two times the vacancy).
After satisfactory verification of documents, candidates will be allocated posting in districts, based on their performance in CBT and District Preference.
That's all about Bihar Community Health Officer (CHO) Recruitment 2024.
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