UP NHM Staff Nurse Exam Pattern, Eligibility

The 2022 selection was a computer based test: 2 hours, 100 multiple choice questions of one mark, no negative marking, in English and Hindi. Eighty marks are professional knowledge and 20 are aptitude, reasoning, general awareness and basic computers. Minimum marks are 33 for UR and EWS, 30 for OBC (non-creamy) and 24 for SC, ST and PwD. Scores are normalised across shifts.

• Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery, or B.Sc. Nursing, from an institution approved by the nursing council.
• Registration with the UP Nurses and Midwives Council at the time of applying.
• Age 18 to 40 on the date of the advertisement. Relaxation: 3 years for OBC (non-creamy), and for persons with disability 10 years UR, 13 years OBC and 15 years SC or ST.
• 90 percent of Staff Nurse posts go to women and 10 percent to men, under a 2016 UP government gazette.
• Reservation needs a UP domicile. Candidates from other states compete as unreserved.

Merit comes from the test, then shortlisted candidates go to document verification. A waitlist is kept at three candidates for every vacancy among those who cleared the cut-off. The Mission may cancel posts or change their numbers at any stage.

Pay is a monthly honorarium that depends on the programme. In 2022 it was about Rs 19,101 to Rs 20,500 for most Staff Nurse posts, Rs 25,000 for the RBSK post, Rs 30,000 for the maternal health and high dependency unit posts, and Rs 18,000 to Rs 20,000 for the non-communicable disease programmes. Contracts run a year and are renewable. There is no claim to a regular post.

Online only, on the Mission's website. The fee was nil. You file a separate application for each programme and sub-programme, with district preferences, and no transfer between districts is allowed later.

• NHM UP opportunities page
• Advertisement of 26 November 2022
• Notification of 13 December 2022
• NHM UP website

Is an NHM UP Staff Nurse vacancy open now?

No notice was on the Mission's site on 16 October 2026. The latest official one found is from November 2022.

Is there an application fee?

No, the fee was nil in 2022.

Can men apply?

Yes, for 10 percent of the posts. Women take 90 percent.

Is the job permanent?

No. It is a yearly contract, renewable on good performance.