CHO Full Form- Salary, Eligibility, and Vacancies

CHO Full Form: You must have heard the term CHO a lot in job advertisements. CHO full form in medical terms is Community Health Officer. It is a post under the National Health Mission. The role of a CHO is to take care of the primary health of a state. From treating patients to referring them to higher hospitals, a CHO NHM does it all. If you are interested in knowing about this, read this article for all the relevant details.

CHO NHM Overview

We will talk about the eligibility and other factors of a CHO. But before that, take a glance at the basic information about NHM’s Community Health Officer.

Full form of CHO	Community Health Officer
Recruiting body	National Health Mission
Official website	NHM
Job location	All over India
Employment type	Tenure basis
CHO Qualification required	B.Sc Nursing
CHO Salary	Rs. 25000 to Rs. 40000

CHO Upcoming Vacancy 2022

Every state in India has a State Health Society. Among various other posts, there are vacancies for CHO NHM posts too. As per your desired location, you can apply for the Community Health Officer post. The only thing to keep in mind is that you satisfy the CHO eligibility criteria. Given below are the CHO recruitments that took place this year.

Recruiting Body	Vacancy	Application Start date	Last date to apply
NHM Tripura	180	7th March 2022	13th March 2022
SHS Bihar	4050	11th February 2022	3rd March 2022
West Bengal State Health and Family Welfare Society (WBSHFWS)	500	3rd February 2022	8th February 2022
NHM Uttar Pradesh	4000	7th January 2022	20th February 2022
NHM Karnataka	3006	27th September 2021	18th October 2021

CHO NHM Notifications 2022

To read the details of CHO recruitment process, download the notifications in the table given below. You can read each of them to understand things better.

Recruitment	Notification PDF
CHO NHM Tripura Notification	Download here
CHO NHM UP Notification	Download here
SHS Bihar CHO Notification	Download here
WBSHFWS CHO Notification	Download here

CHO Eligibility

For any post, there is an eligibility criterion. Every candidate must satisfy it to get the candidature. Without it, the candidates cannot take part in the selection process. During the registration process, candidates will have to submit the relevant documents of CHO eligibility. The CHO qualification required is as follows:

• A candidate must have done Bachelor’s in Nursing from a recognized Insitute
• Registration in the relevant state’s nursing councils along with the registration certificate is a must

CHO Salary

Depending on the NHM or State Welfare Welfare Society you apply for, the CHO Salary varies. The pay level remains between Rs. 20000 to Rs. 30000 per month. Given below are a few salary amounts for your references.

Post	Salary per month
Uttar Pradesh CHO	Rs. 25000/-
Karnataka CHO	Rs. 32500/-
Madhya Pradesh CHO	Rs.40000/-
Chhattisgarh CHO	Rs.31500/-

CHO Selection Process

For the CHO recruitment, candidates have to go through a selection process. This might vary from state to state. However, the general stages are as follows.

• Written exam
• Interview
• Skill test

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CHO Syllabus

In the written exam for CHO NHM recruitment, the questions are generally asked related to the qualifying degree. However, there are also questions about General aptitude, etc. To give you an idea, we have created a list of topics that you can expect from a CHO NHM exam paper. The CHO syllabus is as follows.

• Medical-Surgical Nursing
• Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing
• Community Health Nursing
• Basic Anatomy and Physiology
• Child Health Nursing
• Nutrition
• Bio-Chemistry
• Psychiatric Nursing
• General Studies
• General Aptitude

You have reached the end of this article. We hope that the full form of CHO and other related details are clear to you. In case of any doubts, kindly contact us.

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