The candidates must be a Domicile of Odisha /permanent resident of Odisha / native of Odisha (Applicable for candidates taking admission in Govt. counseling only).
The candidate must be a Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife of ONMRC or equivalent of any other state nursing council.
The minimum educational requirements shall be B.Sc. Nursing / Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing with minimum 55% aggregate marks from the institution recognized by the INC/ONMRC.
In case of candidates belonging to SC/ST, the minimum educational requirements shall be B.Sc. Nursing / Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing with minimum 50% aggregate marks from the institution recognized by INC/ONMRC.
In case a candidate has registered his/her name in other State Nursing Council, will be allowed to participate in the state selection process and after admission the selected candidates have to get registered under ONMRC and submit their reciprocal registration certificate at the respective college within three months from the last date of admission.
In case the selected candidate fails to produce the reciprocal registration certificate within the stipulated period action as deemed fit will be taken by the State Nursing Selection Committee, Odisha.
The candidate must have minimum one year of work experience after Basic B.Sc. Nursing or one year work experience prior or after post Basic B.Sc. nursing.
One year of “Work experience” either in teaching or clinical field or together will be taken into consideration as under: • One year work experience will be counted w.e.f. from the date of joining after RN and RM registration from the concerned State Nursing Council to last date of submission of application form. • In clinical- working as a staff Nurse from any Hospital of Govt., Govt. Undertaking, Public Sector Undertaking, Govt empaneled hospitals Referral Hospital (Govt. &Private) /E.S.I Hospital approved by the state Govt/Govt. of India for treatment of their employees. • In teaching- working as a Tutor /CI from INC/ONMRC recognized Nursing Institutions. • The experience certificate submitted by the applicants will be verified by the Convener of Nodal Selection Committee at District level for confirmation/ genuineness from the concerned hospital (for clinical experience) or from the concerned institution (for teaching experience).
Candidate shall be medically fit for the course (Medical certificate format in annexure-V).
Candidate must have passed minimum M.E standard Odia (Only for Govt. institutions and 85% Govt. quota seats in private institutions.).
Both Female and Male candidates are eligible to apply.
The in-service candidates must have obtained a “No objection Certificate” from concerned appointing authority. If any candidate is unable to get their No Objection Certificate from the concerned appointing authority on or before last date of submission of online application form, he/she can upload the copy of the application submitted to the authority for issue of No Objection Certificate (NOC format in annexure –VIII). But if the candidate does not obtain the NOC at the time of reporting in institutions the admission shall be rejected and the seat will be treated as vacant for special round counseling.
