This course is part of an initiative under the National Health Mission to strengthen Sub-Centres as Health & Wellness Centres (H&WCs) for improved implementation of public health programs and to enable comprehensive primary health care service delivery, including disease prevention and health promotion.

Candidates who successfully complete this course will be posted at these sub-centers as Community Health Officers (CHOs) to lead a primary health care team consisting of frontline workers such as the female health workers (ANMs), male health workers (MPW), and ASHAs.

The program will be implemented through the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). The course duration will be 6 months with two academic sessions on 1st July & 1st January each year.

The course is open to contractual employees of the State Government/ State Health Society. The eligible criteria for applying for the Certificate Programme is as follows:

Course Name:- 6 Months Certificate Program in Community Health for Nurse

• No of posts:- 25 seats at Garo Hills
• Age limit:- Less than 35 years of age; however, less than 40 years for the SCs and STs.
• Educational Qualification:- General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) RNRM from a recognized Institute/Bachelor of Science in Nursing from a recognized Institute/University.
• Desirable Criteria:
  1. Proficiency in regional/local language and dialect.
  2. At least 2 years of work experience in the Public Health system, preferably at the Primary/Community Health Centre level.

National Health Mission, Meghalaya shall provide support for boarding and lodging allowance; IGNOU fees; transport for practicum, and other training-related costs. Apart from this, candidates will continue to receive their salary/compensation during the training period.

After successful completion of the course, the successful candidates will be posted at the identified sub-centers as Health & Wellness Nurse and will receive additional increment or higher remuneration for working as Health & Wellness Nurse.

How to apply for NHM Meghalaya Recruitment 2021, 6 Months Certificate Program in Community Health

Eligible and interested candidates can submit their applications on or before 4:00 pm of the 20th July 2021 by mandatorily filling the Google form as per the link mentioned below:

Garo Region: https://forms.gle/eA5Ske132Xhqq7kQA

The candidate should use only a Gmail account for registration in the google form. The candidate should apply only once using the google form and upload the supporting documents in a single pdf file (the pdf should be renamed by the first and last name of the applicant and its total size should be less than 1 MB).

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Download official notification NHM Meghalaya Recruitment 2021: Certificate Program in Community Health for Nurse