Purba Medinipur NHM Recruitment 2026: Memo 6687 Contract Posts for Pharmacists and CHAs

The district health society (samiti) of Purba Medinipur, based in Tamluk, wants 67 contract staff under Memo No. 6687 of 2 November 2026. This Purba Medinipur NHM Recruitment 2026 notice covers 10 posts under the National Health Mission (NHM) and the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM). The biggest groups are 17 Pharmacist seats, 12 Community Health Assistant (Urban) seats, 12 Multi Rehabilitation Worker seats and 12 AYUSH doctor seats. AYUSH doctors here are those with a homoeopathy, Ayurveda or Unani degree (BHMS, BAMS or BUMS). Monthly pay runs from Rs 13,000 to Rs 35,000. You must be a permanent resident of West Bengal and know the local language. The online form runs from 4 November to midnight of 26 November 2026, and the fee must be paid by 25 November 2026.

67 Purba Medinipur NHM seats, pay and age limits

All 10 posts are contract jobs at a fixed monthly amount. The notice names no other allowance. Ages are counted on 1 January 2026.

For the first eight posts, the notice adds “with age relaxation as per Govt. Norms” (pages 1 to 7). It does not print how many years each category gets. The STLS and STS boxes give only “Minimum 21 years & Maximum 40 Years”, with no relaxation line (pages 7 and 8). The notice uses the short forms STLS and STS without spelling them out. SC, ST and OBC are the reserved caste groups, EWS means Economically Weaker Sections, UR means unreserved and PwBD means persons with benchmark disabilities.

Purba Medinipur NHM Recruitment 2026: your papers must be ready by 4 November

Check this rule first. Pages 1 and 8 say all essential criteria must be complete “on or before the first date of online application”. The first date is 4 November 2026. So a result, council registration or experience year that arrives after 4 November does not count, even though the form stays open until 26 November.

• Experience is counted only after you gained the required qualification, and only up to 4 November 2026. Work done while you were still studying is not counted. A Ph.D. or M.Phil. period is not counted as experience either (pages 8 and 9).
• Experience certificates must come from the appointing authority. They must show your designation, joining date, tenure, leaving date (if any) and the nature of your work. An offer letter or joining letter is not accepted, and a certificate missing these details is rejected (page 8).
• Caste certificates must be issued on or before 4 November 2026 by a West Bengal authority. Certificates from other states are not accepted (page 9).
• “Applied for” documents: at verification, you can add only those papers you marked as “Applied for” in the form. If you then cannot show the original, you are rejected (page 9).

BHMS to BMLT: what each of the 10 Purba Medinipur posts asks for

• Medical Officer-AYUSH (male and female): a BHMS, BAMS or BUMS degree, the compulsory internship finished and registration with the council of that stream. Pages 1 and 2 ask for the internship to be finished “at the time of submission of application”. That is looser than the 4 November rule above, and memo 6687 does not say which one wins. BHMS holders must be on the West Bengal homoeopathy register (Part-A) or the central register (Part I). A graded BHMS also counts. You must read, write and speak Bengali (pages 1 and 2).
• Pharmacist: a two-year D.Pharm (allopathic) from an institute approved by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) or AICTE, and registration with the West Bengal Pharmacy Council. Bengali is needed here too (page 3).
• Public Health Manager: one of four routes. The first is a dental or nursing degree. The second is a master’s in a life science or in economics. The third is a social science degree plus a master’s in public health, community health or preventive and social medicine. The fourth is any degree plus an MBA in HR or health care. You also need computer skills and 2 years of later work in health programme management, such as disease surveillance or monitoring (page 4).
• Block Data Manager: any degree plus a one-year computer application diploma from a government-registered institute. You also need 3 years of data work in a government job or 5 years in a private one (page 5).
• Staff Nurse: a GNM (General Nursing and Midwifery) course from an institute recognised by the Indian Nursing Council (INC) and West Bengal Nursing Council (WBNC) registration (page 6).
• Multi Rehabilitation Worker: a bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy and at least 2 years of work in a hospital. A master’s in physiotherapy is preferred (page 7).
• STLS: a degree with a DMLT (diploma in medical lab technology), or a BMLT (the bachelor’s version), from a recognised institute. You also need a permanent two-wheeler licence, the ability to ride and skill in MS Word and Excel. One year in any national health programme is desirable (page 7).
• STS: a science degree, the same computer skills and the same two-wheeler licence. A Master of Social Work (MSW) and one year in any national health programme are desirable (page 8).

Only Purba Medinipur women can take the 12 CHA (Urban) seats

The Community Health Assistant (Urban) post is narrower than the rest. You need an ANM (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife) or GNM course from an INC-recognised institute and WBNC registration. On top of that, page 6 says more than once that only women may apply. It also asks for permanent residence of Purba Medinipur district, not just West Bengal (page 6). The pay is the lowest in the list at Rs 13,000 a month. Seven of the 12 seats are for SC candidates.

Any woman with a GNM who lives in another West Bengal district cannot use this route. She can still apply for the six Staff Nurse seats, which need West Bengal residence and pay Rs 25,000.

Memo 6687 merit marks: why a D.Pharm-only pharmacist tops out at 70

Most posts are filled on certificate marks, and no written exam is mentioned anywhere in the memo. Your percentage is scaled to the maximum for each item, and marks of an additional subject are left out. On rounding, page 9 says two things. Item 10 says no rounding off is granted and marks are taken up to 2 decimal places. Item 11 says marks are taken “after rounding off up to 2 decimal points”.

• AYUSH doctors (100): Class 10 out of 20, Class 12 out of 20 and the degree out of 40. An MD in homoeopathy, Ayurveda or Unani adds 20 (page 2).
• Pharmacist (100): Class 10 out of 20, Class 12 out of 20 and D.Pharm out of 30. B.Pharm marks add up to 20, and M.Pharm marks up to 10 (page 3).
• Staff Nurse and CHA (Urban) (100): the whole score is your GNM or ANM course marks (page 6).
• Public Health Manager (100): 75 for the essential qualification, 15 for a computer test and 10 for experience (page 4).
• Block Data Manager (100): 30 for studies (Class 10: 5, Class 12: 10, degree: 15) and 70 for a computer test (page 5).
• Multi Rehabilitation Worker (50): 35 for studies, 10 for experience and 5 for an interview. Of the 35 study marks, 5 are for a master’s in physiotherapy (page 7).
• STLS and STS (50 each): 30 for studies, 10 for experience and 10 for a computer test. For STS, 5 of the 30 study marks are for an MSW (pages 7 and 8).

For the Public Health Manager and Block Data Manager, the computer test is marked “50% Qualifying marks” (pages 4 and 5). For a data manager, that test is 70 of the 100 marks, so it weighs far more than your old marks sheets. What the test covers is not stated.

Take a pharmacist with 78% in Class 10, 64% in Class 12 and 81% in D.Pharm. Her score is 15.6 + 12.8 + 24.3 = 52.7. If she also holds a B.Pharm with 70%, she gains 14 more and reaches 66.7. A D.Pharm-only applicant can never pass 70, because those three items add up to 70 at most.

Memo 6687 is silent on how experience marks are given out. Page 9 gives no dates for the computer tests or the interview, and says the details will be put on the website later.

Memo 6687 online form: photo, signature and the Application Print

Only online forms are accepted. Page 1 says to apply “in the prescribed format as given in the Department’s website”, which is the West Bengal health department website.

1. Register and pay by 25 November 2026. The fee is Rs 100 for General candidates and Rs 50 for reserved categories, paid online only. It is not refundable (pages 1 and 9).
2. Upload a proper photograph and signature. A form without them is cancelled (page 8).
3. Fill every detail exactly as it appears on your certificates. A form that differs from the originals can be cancelled (page 8).
4. Submit the full form by midnight of 26 November 2026 (page 9).
5. Print the form from hr.wbhealth.gov.in using “Application Print” and keep it with your registration number. You do not need to post it. Without this printout you will not be allowed into document verification (page 9).

No list of reserved categories is printed for the Rs 50 fee. Nor does the memo say whether you pay once or per post if you apply for two posts. Submitting more than one form for the same post is risky, as duplicate applications are “summarily rejected” (page 9).

Contract until 31 March 2027, and the Purba Medinipur notice boards to watch

These are purely contract posts, with a first term up to 31 March 2027. The term may be extended if your work is good and the government approves (page 9). You must go through every stage of selection; skipping one means you are out. The competent authorities may cancel the process at any stage (page 9).

Shortlists, interview dates, any corrigendum and other notices about this recruitment will appear on wbhealth.gov.in and the Purba Medinipur district website (page 9). The same Recruitments list also carries two separate Purba Medinipur notices. One is for a Cluster Programme Manager post under DISHA, and the other is for posts under the National AYUSH Mission (NAM). Memo 6687 does not cover them.

Beyond memo 6687: AYUSH, pharmacist and nurse forms in Jhargram, Rampurhat and Birbhum

Other West Bengal districts issued their own contract notices for AYUSH doctors, pharmacists and nurses in October and November 2026. Each has its own form and closing date:

• Jhargram NHM recruitment for RBSK doctors, pharmacists and nurses (full form by midnight of 19 November 2026).
• Rampurhat NHM recruitment for 36 RBSK mobile health team posts (17 November 2026).
• Birbhum NHM staff nurse, GDMO and CHA recruitment (27 November 2026).

For more, see West Bengal government jobs, health department jobs, and jobs for diploma holders and graduates.

A 4 November test for your certificates, and the CHA home-district proof

1. Confirm that your degree, council registration and any experience were complete on or before 4 November 2026.
2. If you are a woman applying for CHA (Urban), keep proof that you are a permanent resident of Purba Medinipur district.
3. Pay by 25 November 2026, submit by midnight of 26 November 2026, and save the printout from hr.wbhealth.gov.in.

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