The government has given good news to the job seekers of the state. The state government has given the green signal to fill up 9,871 vacant posts in the Department of Health and Family Welfare.
In this regard, the Under Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department has issued a circular, on the proposal of the Health and Family Welfare Services, to give administrative permission to fill up the following semi-medical posts of various groups through direct recruitment and to give permission through nervous recruitment to fill up the said vacancies or for a period of one year. lease | He said that they have requested permission to fill in on outsourcing basis.o
Details of Remaining Basic Group Posts
Group-B
- Clinical Instructor – 01
- Assistant Entomologist – 07
- Microbiologist – 12
- Clinical Psychologist – 06
- Psychosocial Specialist (Psychiatric Social Worker) – 07
- Junior Chemist – 15
Group-C
- Pharmacist Officer – 640
- Nurse – 1694
- Primary Health Care Officer (K.A.S. – Female) – 3317
- Health Inspector (K.A.S) – 2628
- Junior Medical Experiment School Technical Officer – 356
- Senior Medical Experiment School Technical Officer -34
- Junior Medical Radiology Imaging Officer – 59
- Senior Medical Radiology Imaging Officer -10
- Ophthalmologist – 125
- Field Health Education Officers – 83
- Total Posts 8994.
- Details of posts of Kalyan Karnataka Brinda
Group-B
- Assistant Entomologist – 02
- Microbiologist – 0
- Clinical Psychologist – 02
- Psychosocial Specialist (Psychiatric Social Worker) – 0
- Junior Chemist – 03
- Group-C
- Pharmacy Officer – 65
- Nursing Officer – 351
- Primary Health Care Officer (K.A.S. – Woman) – 133
- Health Inspector (KIA) – 221
- Junior Medical Experiment School Technical Officer – 57
- Senior Medical Experiment School Technical Officer – 02
- Junior Medical Radiology Imaging Officer – 30
- Ophthalmologist – 05
- Field Health Education Officer -06
- Total Posts 877.
In view of the factors described in the proposal, the Government has given permission to fill up the sanctioned vacancies of 1205 Primary Health Officer (ANMS) and 300 Health Inspector (HIOS) posts in the Department of Health and Family Welfare through direct recruitment subject to the following conditions.
Further, the Commissioner said that the Recruitment Services shall take all necessary steps to complete the recruitment process within the stipulated time frame and submit the compliance report of the conditions imposed below.
conditions
1. Initially ANMS/HIOS can be recruited through contract while ensuring that legal issues do not arise during permanent recruitment later.
2. The recruitment should be done de-novo, without considering the pre- service of contract employees, as per extant C/R rules.
3. The staff allocation of ANMs and HIOS should be optimized by deploying them to multiple sub-centres, adhering to population norms, and in a cluster method across sub-centres, whereby ANMS/HIOS are considered for a minimum 5,000 population, and 15,000-20,000 respectively.
4. The following exercise is is to be conducted within a period of 15 days:
a. Re-evaluate sanctioned posts considering current factors such as projected population, workload, mobility, and the adoption of IT tools.
b. Optimize numbers and redefine ANM/HIO roles in the context of already existing ASHA workers and CHOS to minimize duplication of efforts and optimize the work-time parameters.
5. The mode of recruitment shall be through merit based selection based on an open written cum practical competitive examination. Appropriate proposal for the agency for recruitment, namely the HFW department or KEA or KPSC etc as well as special recruitment rules, if any, shall be submitted within 7 days.
6. The existing qualification criteria may need to be revised to ensure better response from the prospective candidates. The amended qualification may include GNM diploma and degree course as well, since not many candidates as per existing qualification of ANM diploma may be available. Further, basic competency in handling digital devices like Tabs, smart phone or laptops etc for data entry also need to be specified. This may require amendment of C and R Rules. A proposal for the same needs to be sent within 3 days.