8159 staff nurse vacancies with West Bengal Health Recruitment Board (WBHRB)

Online applications are invited from Indian Citizen and such other nationals as declared eligible by Government of India for recruitment to the Posts of Staff Nurse: Grade II in the Cadre of the West Bengal Health Service under the control of the Directorate of Health services, Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal.
Only online registration of Application shall be allowed on the website ( www.wbhrb.in ) between 19.07.2019 to
29.07.2018(before 8 PM).

Posts are temporary but likely to be permanent in future.

The relevant rules and necessary particulars are stated in the following paragraph:
A candidate should verify from the notified rules that her candidature is eligible. The conditions prescribed cannot be relaxed. The recruitment shall be made by selection, but where a large number of applications are received, as a result of Advertisement, the Board may, for the purpose of short-listing, hold a preliminary examination.

Scale of Pay: Rs. 7,100/- – 37,600/- [Grade Pay – Rs. 3,600/-]. Dearness allowance is as per Government norm. Higher initial pay is admissible with Rs. 7680:– Uniform, Washing and amenity allowances as admissible.

Qualification:
(1) (a) Indian Citizen.
(b) General Nursing and Midwifery/ Basic B.Sc. (Nursing)/ Post Basic B.Sc. (Nursing) course passed from any
Nursing Training School/College of Nursing recognized by both Indian Nursing Council and Respective State
Nursing Council.
(c) Registration as Female/Male Nurse Midwifery from West Bengal Nursing Council.
(d) Knowledge of Bengali/Nepali- Spoken and written.

Age: Between 18 & 39 Years of age as on 01.01.2019, Relaxable for Schedule Caste/ Schedule Tribe/Other Backward
Classes and person with disabilities as per Government Rules and Orders, etc in force. 33% of the post of Staff Nurse, Grade II shall be filled up from regular B.Sc. passed female candidates, 2% from regular Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing passed female candidates, 65% from General Nursing and Midwifery passed candidates amongst which 90% from General Nursing Midwifery passed female candidates and 10% from General Nursing Midwifery passed male candidates.

NOTE:
1) Candidates have to upload the Nursing Council Registration Certificates.
2) The applicant must be a citizen of India or such a person of other nationality as declared eligible by Govt. of India.
3) Age ,as recorded in Madhyamik or equivalent certificate, shall only be acceptable;
4) The claim of candidates for relaxation of age as a regular /contractual Govt. employee should be proved by a
certificate from the appropriate authority showing the period of candidate’s continuous service under Government
of West Bengal and the same should be furnished when called for;
5) If in service, the No-Objection Certificate from the competent authority has to be submitted.

Fee: Candidates must submit online the application fee amounting to Rs. 210/- (Rupees two hundred ten only) through GRIPS (Govt. Receipt Portal System), Govt. of West Bengal.

Money Order, Cheque, Bank Draft, Cash etc. shall not be acceptable. No application shall be considered
unless accompanied with the requisite application fee. Candidates belonging to SC/ST of West Bengal and persons with disabilities specified under Disabilities Rule, 1999 (certificates obtained before the Advertisement date) are not required to pay any fee. Such exemption of fee is, however, not applicable to any OBC (category A or B) candidate.
No claim for refund of the fee shall be entertained nor will it be held in reserved for any other examination. Application shall be made in the format, as available, in the West Bengal Health Recruitment Board Website (www.wbhrb.in). Application received after the closing date shall be rejected.

In case, any of the statements made in the application found subsequently false, his/ her candidature shall be liable to cancellation, and even if appointed to a post on the results of this examination, his/ her appointment shall be liable to be terminated. Willful suppression of any material fact shall also be similarly dealt with.

Candidates should take particular note that entries in their application submitted to the Board must be made correctly against all the items, which shall be treated as final and no alteration and addition in this regard shall be entertained after full submission of the application. Application, not duly filled in or found incomplete or defective in any respect or without fee, shall be liable to rejection.

Candidates must fulfill the essential qualification by the closing date.

All information regarding recruitment (how to apply, how to make payment, date of examination/ interview etc.) to
the post, will be available time to time in the Board Website.

Particulars and Certificates required:

(a) A candidate claiming to be S.C./S.T./O.B.C. must have a certificate in support of her claim from a competent
authority of West Bengal as specified below [vide the West Bengal SCs and STs (Identification) Act, 1994 and
SCs /STs Welfare Department order No. 261-TW/EC/MR-103/94 dated 06.04.1995 read with B.C.W. Dept. Order
No. 6320-BCH/MR-84/10 dated 24.09.2010]:
In the District, the Sub-Divisional Officer of the Sub-Division concerned, and
In Kolkata, Collector of Kolkata, 11 N.S. Road, Kolkata – 700001
No claim for being a member of the SC, ST and OBC or a Person with Disability shall be entertained after
submission of the application.
(b) Persons with Disabilities (Physically handicapped) [ 40% and above ] must have a certificate from an appropriate Medical Board [vide West Bengal Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Rules, 1999]

(c) The West Bengal Health Recruitment Board (WBHRB) may require such further proof or particulars from the
candidates as it may consider necessary and may make enquiries regarding eligibility.

Original Certificates relating to citizenship (by registration), age, qualifications, caste (SC/ST/OBC), Physical
disability (40% and above) shall have to be submitted, when the WBHRB asks for. If any candidate fails to furnish
any certificate or any other relevant document or information relating to her candidature within the time specified
by the Board, her claim for allotment shall be passed over without further reference to the candidate.
Submission of more than one application is strictly forbidden.

A candidate should note that her admission to the Examination/ Interview shall be deemed provisional subject to
determination of her eligibility in all respects. If at any stage, even after issue of the letter of appointment a
candidate is found ineligible for admission to this Examination, her candidature shall be cancelled without further
reference to her.

Canvassing: Any attempt on the part of candidate to enlist support for her application shall disqualify for
appointment.