CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 - Apply Offline for 38 Nursing Officer, Attendant and More Posts

Office of the Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), District Balodabazar, Chhattisgarh (CMHO Balodabazar) Recruitment 2026 Notification has been released on 19 August 2026 on the official website www.balodabazar.gov.in. A total of 38 vacancies have been announced through the CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 under NHM, NUHM, RBSK, AAM/HWC and NRC programmes.

Candidates aged 18 to 70 years, depending on the post, who have the prescribed educational qualifications and relevant registration or experience are eligible to apply for these vacancies. The offline application process for CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 has started on 20 August 2026 and will remain open until 7 September 2026, up to 5:30 PM.

Candidates can download the official notification PDF and apply through Registered Post/Speed Post using the direct links provided below in this article.

CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 Notification PDF

The Office of the Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), District Balodabazar, Chhattisgarh, has officially released the recruitment notification dated 19 August 2026 for filling 38 contractual vacancies under NHM, NUHM, RBSK, AAM/HWC and NRC programmes. The notification includes complete details on post-wise and category-wise vacancies, educational qualifications, age limits, salary, selection process, experience criteria, required documents, and application instructions. Candidates are strongly advised to read the full notification carefully before applying. The notification is available on the official Balodabazar district website.

• Download CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 Official Notification PDF
• CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 Application Form
• Official Website

CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 - Overview

Here is a quick overview of the CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 notification for candidates to understand the recruitment at a glance.

CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 Important Dates

Candidates should keep note of the following important dates related to this recruitment drive.

Applications received after the last date, or through any medium other than Registered/Speed Post, will not be accepted.

CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 - Vacancy Details

A total of 38 vacancies have been announced across 19 different posts under NHM, NUHM, RBSK, AAM/HWC and NRC programmes. The post-wise and category-wise vacancy breakup is given below.

Note: The number of advertised contractual posts is variable. The recruiting authority may increase, decrease, or cancel any notified vacancy for administrative reasons.

Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be local residents of Chhattisgarh state and must submit a residence certificate issued by a competent authority.
• Candidates must possess a valid live registration certificate from the district employment office.
• Candidates must hold the specific educational qualification prescribed for the post applied for (see the table below).
• Candidates must meet the prescribed age limit as on 01 January 2026.
• Only regular courses recognised by UGC/AICTE and the relevant council will be considered valid; private, open, or distance/correspondence courses are not accepted for any post.

CMHO Balodabazar Educational Qualification 2026

CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 Age Limit

Age will be reckoned as on 01 January 2026, and the 8th/10th mark sheet will be the only valid proof of date of birth.

• Medical posts: Minimum 18 years and maximum 70 years.
• Managerial posts: Minimum 18 years and maximum 64 years.
• Community Health Officer: Minimum 21 years and maximum 35 years, with a 5-year age relaxation for local residents of Chhattisgarh (i.e., up to 40 years).
• Applicable government rules for age relaxation for reserved categories will apply, but in no case shall the maximum age limit, after all relaxations, exceed 45 years.
• Candidates already working in government/semi-government service will get age relaxation as per prevailing government rules.

CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 Salary Structure

• Post-wise consolidated monthly remuneration ranges from ₹8,800 to ₹26,000 depending on the post (see the vacancy table above for exact figures against each post).
• Community Health Officer: ₹16,500 per month as consolidated honorarium, along with a Performance-Based Incentive of up to ₹15,000 per month, as per guidelines issued from time to time by the Mission Director, National Health Mission.

CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 Selection Process

Selection will be made by the District Level Selection Committee, National Health Mission, Balodabazar , purely on a merit basis. No written examination or interview is mentioned in the notification. The merit list will be prepared as follows:

• Serial No. 8 (Laboratory Technician), 10 (2nd ANM), 17 (MPW-Male), and 18 (Jr. Secretarial Assistant-LDC): 40% weightage of 12th class marks + 45% weightage of the relevant technical course marks + experience marks.
• Serial No. 1 (Block Programme Manager): 65% weightage of educational qualification marks + 20% weightage of computer qualification marks + experience marks.
• All remaining posts: 85% weightage of educational qualification marks + experience marks.
• In case of a tie in marks for any post, the candidate with the earlier date of birth (i.e., the older candidate) will be given preference.
• Experience marks: 2 marks per year (maximum 10 marks for 5 years) for government/semi-government department experience; 3 marks per year (maximum 15 marks for 5 years) for experience under the National Health Mission; for Nursing Officer, Staff Nurse, and ANM posts, 4 marks per year (maximum 20 marks) for ANM/GNM/Nursing-trained midwife candidates. Experience of less than 1 continuous year will not be counted.
• A one-time bonus of 10 experience marks is available to temporary health workers who served during the COVID-19 pandemic for at least 6 months in a Chhattisgarh government health institution, subject to submission of the relevant appointment order. Combined with other experience, the maximum overall experience marks allowed is 15.
• Document verification will be conducted for shortlisted candidates: 10 times the number of advertised vacancies for posts with 1 to 10 vacancies, and 5 times the number of advertised vacancies for posts with 11 to 50 vacancies.
• A post-wise waiting list will also be prepared, comprising 300% of the advertised vacancies for each post.
• The selection list and waiting list will remain valid for 1 year from the date of publication, or until a new recruitment process is completed, whichever is earlier.

CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 Required Documents

Candidates must attach self-attested photocopies of the following documents with the application, arranged in this order:

1. Duly filled application form
2. Residence certificate issued by a competent authority
3. Caste certificate issued by a competent authority (if applicable)
4. Live registration certificate from the district employment office
5. Marksheets of all years/semesters of the educational qualification
6. Degree certificate and live registration certificate from the relevant council (if applicable)
7. Experience certificate (if applicable)
8. Identity proof
9. Recent passport-size photograph, self-attested or attested by a gazetted officer, affixed at the specified place on the form

For the Community Health Officer post, candidates who completed the Integrated Certificate Course in Community Health along with BSc Nursing/Post Basic BSc Nursing must also submit a course-completion certificate as per the Appendix-I format, signed by the principal of their college.

How to Apply for CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026?

Applications will be accepted only through Registered Post or Speed Post; applications submitted in person or through any other medium will not be considered.

1. Download the prescribed application form from the official district website, www.balodabazar.gov.in.
2. Fill in all the required fields carefully and completely in the prescribed format.
3. Affix a recent passport-size photograph, attested by a gazetted officer or self-attested, at the designated place on the form.
4. Self-attest all supporting documents and arrange them in the prescribed order mentioned above.
5. Clearly mention your name, post applied for, and the name of the programme (NHM/NUHM/RBSK/NRC, etc.) on top of the application and the envelope.
6. Candidates applying for more than one post must submit a separate application form for each post.
7. Send the completed application by Registered Post/Speed Post to the Office of the Chief Medical and Health Officer, District Balodabazar (Chhattisgarh), so that it reaches on or before 07 September 2026, 5:30 PM.

CMHO Balodabazar Recruitment 2026 Important Instructions

• All information entered in the application form must match the original documents; incomplete or incorrect applications will be rejected at any stage of selection.
• Candidates must personally appear for document verification; failure to appear will be treated as a lack of interest, and the candidate will be excluded from the recruitment process.
• No travel allowance will be paid to candidates for appearing at any stage of the selection process, and being called for any stage does not guarantee selection.
• Selection to the post does not automatically confer the right to appointment; final appointment depends on actual availability of vacancies and other required procedures/criteria.
• All appointments will be purely temporary, transferable, and valid up to 31 March 2027 for the current financial year.
• Candidates whose services were previously terminated by NHM or a government/semi-government department due to indiscipline, financial irregularity, or misconduct will be treated as ineligible.
• If any discrepancy is found between the information filled in the application and the original documents at any stage, the candidature may be cancelled at any point of the selection process.
• All appointments and the selection process are subject to the final orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in SLP (C) No. 19668/2022.
• Reservation will be applied as per the roster system prevalent in the district.
• No separate individual intimation will be sent to candidates; they are advised to regularly check the official district website for updates related to this recruitment.

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