WBHRB Recruitment 2026–27: Staff Nurse, Pharmacist, Medical Technologist & GDMO Vacancies — Latest Update
Candidates waiting for the next major West Bengal Health Recruitment Board (WBHRB) Recruitment 2026–27 are particularly interested in four high-demand posts:
- Staff Nurse Grade-II
- Pharmacist Grade-III
- Medical Technologist Grade-III
- General Duty Medical Officer — GDMO
However, candidates need to understand the current recruitment status correctly.
Latest Update — 3 September 2026
At the latest official check, WBHRB has not announced a fresh combined 2026–27 application drive for these four major posts.
The large Staff Nurse, GDMO, Pharmacist and Medical Technologist recruitments advertised mainly during 2025 progressed through CBTs, interviews, scorecards and panel lists during January–February 2026.
The official WBHRB notice board currently shows the latest relevant March 2026 update as a resubmission notice for the GDMO Special Drive for Reserved Categories — Second Cycle and Medical Technologist OT/P&O/Critical Care/Audiometry recruitment. This should not be confused with a fresh large-scale general Staff Nurse/GDMO notification.
Therefore:
Fresh WBHRB 2026–27 Notification for Staff Nurse/Pharmacist/GDMO: Awaited
Candidates should not submit forms through unofficial websites claiming that a new 2026–27 application has opened unless the advertisement appears on the official WBHRB website.
WBHRB Recruitment 2026–27: Current Status
Post| Latest Major Vacancy| Current Status Staff Nurse Grade-II| 6,443 revised vacancies in previous recruitment| Panel/result process completed in 2026; fresh notification awaited GDMO| 1,227 vacancies in regular 2025 drive| Panel published; separate reserved-category special drive also processed Pharmacist Grade-III| 350 vacancies| Panel published February 2026 Medical Technologist Grade-III| 580 vacancies in Aug 2025 multi-discipline drive| CBT/interview/result process held in 2026 Additional Medical Technologist posts| 242 posts in later 2025 drive| Recruitment/resubmission process continued into 2026 Fresh 2026–27 Application| —| Not announced at latest official check
The vacancy figures above belong to earlier recruitment advertisements whose selection processes continued into 2026. They should not be presented as newly opened September 2026 vacancies.
WBHRB Staff Nurse Recruitment: Latest Update
Staff Nurse Grade-II remains the most important WBHRB recruitment for nursing candidates in West Bengal.
The major 2025 recruitment was originally announced for:
5,018 Staff Nurse Grade-II vacancies
covering:
- GNM Female
- GNM Male
- Basic B.Sc. Nursing
- Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing
However, WBHRB subsequently increased the vacancies substantially in January 2026.
Staff Nurse Vacancies Increased to 6,443
Basic B.Sc. Nursing
Original vacancy:
2,330
Additional vacancy:
470
Revised total:
2,800 posts
WBHRB officially revised the Basic B.Sc. Nursing vacancies on 2 January 2026.
Revised Category-Wise B.Sc. Nursing Vacancy
Category| Revised Vacancy UR| 628 SC| 982 ST| 311 OBC-A| 468 OBC-B| 158 EWS| 150 UR-PwD| 88 SC-PwD| 15 Total| 2,800
Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing Vacancies
Original vacancy:
252
Additional vacancy:
28
Revised vacancy:
280 posts
The revised category distribution was:
Category| Vacancy UR| 108 SC| 79 ST| 23 OBC-A| 37 OBC-B| 18 EWS| 8 UR-PwD| 5 SC-PwD| 2 Total| 280
GNM Female Staff Nurse Vacancies
The original GNM Female vacancy was:
2,092
WBHRB added:
834 additional vacancies
taking the revised total to:
2,926 GNM Female posts
The official January 14 notice revised the category-wise vacancies as follows:
Category| Revised Vacancy UR| 1,113 SC| 665 ST| 169 OBC-A| 339 OBC-B| 185 EWS| 266 UR-PwD| 163 SC-PwD| 26 Total| 2,926
GNM Male Staff Nurse Vacancies
Original:
344
Additional:
93
Revised:
437 GNM Male posts
The revised breakup included 125 UR, 164 SC, 52 ST, 29 OBC-A, 21 OBC-B, 29 EWS, 14 UR-PwD and 3 SC-PwD posts.
Total Revised Staff Nurse Vacancy
Combining:
- Basic B.Sc. — 2,800
- Post Basic B.Sc. — 280
- GNM Female — 2,926
- GNM Male — 437
gives:
6,443 revised Staff Nurse Grade-II vacancies
This is much higher than the original 5,018-post advertisement.
Important
These are vacancies from the 2025 recruitment cycle whose results/panels were processed in 2026.
They are not a newly opened September 2026 application.
Staff Nurse Result Status 2026
WBHRB published the panel list for:
Basic B.Sc. & Post Basic B.Sc. Staff Nurse
on:
31 January 2026
and the GNM Staff Nurse panel list was published on:
16 February 2026
The official notice board confirms both developments.
So candidates searching:
“WBHRB Staff Nurse Recruitment 2026 apply online”
should understand that the previous recruitment has already moved beyond the application/exam stage.
A fresh advertisement must be issued before new candidates can apply.
WBHRB Staff Nurse Eligibility: What Was Required in the Previous Recruitment?
The exact eligibility for the next recruitment can change, but the previous major notification gives a useful reference.
GNM
Candidates required:
- Indian citizenship
- GNM from a Nursing Training School recognised by both the Indian Nursing Council and respective State Nursing Council
- Registration as Female/Male Nurse Midwifery with the West Bengal Nursing Council
- Knowledge of Bengali or Nepali — spoken and written
The age range in the 2025 advertisement was:
18–39 years
before applicable category relaxation.
Basic B.Sc. / Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing Eligibility
The previous B.Sc. notification required:
- Basic B.Sc. Nursing or Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing
- Qualification from a college recognised by INC and the respective State Nursing Council
- Female Nurse Midwifery registration with WBNC
- Bengali/Nepali knowledge
The notified age range was also 18–39 years, subject to applicable relaxation.
Important
Do not assume these will automatically remain identical in the next recruitment.
Candidates must follow the new advertisement's eligibility cut-off date once WBHRB issues it.
WBHRB Staff Nurse Salary
The previous Staff Nurse Grade-II advertisement specified:
Basic Pay: ₹29,800
and total minimum emoluments at that time of approximately:
₹39,500 per month
including the components mentioned in the advertisement.
Future DA/HRA and other admissible payments may change, so the next notification should be checked for the current salary structure.
WBHRB GDMO Recruitment: Latest Update
The regular GDMO advertisement issued on 7 August 2025 contained:
1,227 anticipated vacancies
for General Duty Medical Officers under the Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal.
The category-wise vacancies included:
Category| Vacancy UR| 514 SC| 258 ST| 74 OBC-A| 123 OBC-B| 86 EWS| 123 UR-PwD| 37 SC-PwD| 12 Total| 1,227
GDMO Result / Panel Status
The GDMO CBT was conducted on:
21 December 2025
Candidates were shortlisted for interview in January 2026, and WBHRB published the:
GDMO Panel List on 31 January 2026
The Board subsequently issued a February 3 notice asking empanelled candidates to upload better particulars where required.
Therefore, the regular 1,227-post recruitment is already at the panel/appointment-processing stage.
GDMO Special Drive
WBHRB also issued a separate:
GDMO Special Drive for Reserved Categories — Second Cycle
under Advertisement No. R/GDMO [Special Drive for Reserved Categories]/35/2025 dated 16 October 2025.
The latest official notice page shows a resubmission notice dated 10 March 2026 for this special drive.
Do not confuse this with a new general GDMO recruitment.
A reserved-category Special Drive has separate eligibility/vacancy conditions.
GDMO Qualification
The regular previous advertisement required:
MBBS
included in the recognised schedules under the applicable medical legislation, along with registration as a medical practitioner with MCI/State Medical Council.
Selected candidates were required to register with the:
West Bengal Medical Council
within the prescribed period after joining.
WBHRB GDMO Salary
The notified starting basic pay was:
₹56,100
under:
Pay Matrix Level 16
as per WBS (ROPA) Rules, 2019.
Additional allowances are payable according to applicable State Government rules.
WBHRB GDMO Age Limit: Previous Rule
The previous regular advertisement prescribed:
Ordinary MBBS graduates — maximum 36 years
Candidates possessing postgraduate qualification — maximum 40 years
with further relaxations available in specified circumstances and categories.
Again, the next advertisement's cut-off date and rules will control future eligibility.
WBHRB Pharmacist Grade-III Latest Update
The major Pharmacist Grade-III recruitment was advertised for:
350 vacancies
The official panel notice dated 24 February 2026 confirms 350 notified vacancies and 350 names in the category-wise panel.
Pharmacist Vacancy Breakup
Category| Vacancy UR| 146 SC| 73 ST| 21 OBC-A| 35 OBC-B| 25 EWS| 35 UR-PwD| 11 SC-PwD| 4 Total| 350
The panel was stated to remain valid until the notified posts were filled or for one year, whichever occurred earlier.
Pharmacist Recruitment Process
For the previous cycle:
CBT
was held on:
14 January 2026
The shortlist/interview notices followed in February, and the final panel was issued on February 24.
Therefore:
There is no fresh application under that 350-post recruitment now.
WBHRB Pharmacist Qualification: Previous Notification
The previous Pharmacist Grade-III recruitment required:
- Higher Secondary/10+2 or equivalent with the prescribed science subjects;
- Either a two-year Diploma in Pharmacy recognised by the Government of West Bengal or a recognised Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy; and
- Registration as an “A” Category Pharmacist under the West Bengal Pharmacy Council.
The previous notified age range was:
18–39 years
before applicable relaxation.
Pharmacist Salary
The previous recruitment offered starting basic pay of:
₹28,900
at:
Pay Level 9
under WBS (ROPA) Rules, 2019.
WBHRB Medical Technologist Recruitment: Latest Update
Medical Technologist recruitment has been spread across several disciplines and advertisements, so candidates should not treat “Medical Technologist” as one single post.
The large August 2025 recruitment covered:
- Radiodiagnosis — RD
- ECG
- Radio Therapeutic
- Perfusionist
- EEG/EMG
- Cath Lab
- Dialysis
with:
580 anticipated vacancies
The post-wise totals were:
Medical Technologist Discipline| Vacancies Radiodiagnosis — RD| 287 ECG| 222 Radio Therapeutic| 31 Perfusionist| 13 EEG/EMG| 12 Cath Lab| 10 Dialysis| 5 Total| 580
The previous advertisement offered ₹28,900 basic pay at Level 9.
Medical Technologist Selection Status
The CBT for the August 2025 Medical Technologist recruitment was held on:
14 January 2026
WBHRB then:
- Published shortlisted candidates in February
- Issued interview instructions
- Released candidate response/scorecards
- Began publication of panel lists
The official notice page records the shortlist notices on February 13 and interview notice on February 14.
For example, a Medical Technologist Dialysis panel and certain special-drive Medical Technologist panel lists were published on 26 February 2026.
Additional 242 Medical Technologist Vacancies
WBHRB later issued another Medical Technologist recruitment in October 2025 for:
- Lab
- Operation Theatre
- Prosthetics & Orthotics
- Critical Care
- Audiometry
The recruitment notice covered:
242 additional anticipated posts
with this breakup:
Post| Vacancy Medical Technologist Lab| 196 Medical Technologist OT| 18 Medical Technologist P&O| 8 Medical Technologist Critical Care| 15 Medical Technologist Audiometry| 5 Total| 242
The application window for that cycle ran in October–November 2025, while related recruitment notices continued into 2026.
The official WBHRB notice board shows a March 10, 2026 resubmission notice for the OT/P&O/Critical Care/Audiometry recruitment.
Medical Technologist Qualification
Qualification differs by discipline.
For the major 580-post recruitment, the broad notified pathway included:
- Higher Secondary/10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Biology
- Relevant two-year Medical Technology diploma recognised through the prescribed authority
or:
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree in Medical Technology
subject to the exact discipline-specific condition.
The notified age range was broadly:
21–39 years
for that advertisement.
Candidates must always check the exact discipline because a Radiodiagnosis qualification does not automatically make a candidate eligible for every other Medical Technologist stream.
Are These WBHRB Vacancies Open Now?
No — not the large recruitments discussed above.
This point should be highlighted strongly on your website.
As of 3 September 2026, the large:
- 6,443 revised Staff Nurse recruitment
- 1,227 regular GDMO recruitment
- 350 Pharmacist recruitment
- 580 Medical Technologist recruitment
have already progressed into their selection/panel stages.
They are useful for understanding:
- Expected vacancy scale
- Qualification patterns
- Salary
- Future recruitment possibilities
but they cannot be treated as fresh Apply Online vacancies today.
When Will WBHRB Staff Nurse Recruitment 2026–27 Come?
No official date has been announced.
WBHRB has not published a confirmed date for a new general Staff Nurse Grade-II recruitment at the latest official check.
Therefore, do not publish claims such as:
- “New Staff Nurse form starts next week”
- “10,000 Staff Nurse vacancies confirmed”
- “WBHRB Staff Nurse 2026 application begins in September”
- “8,000+ WBHRB vacancy notification out”
unless a fresh advertisement appears on the official Board website.
Several unofficial recruitment websites recycle earlier vacancy figures and change the year in the headline.
Candidates should avoid that confusion.
Are 8,000+ New WBHRB Vacancies Confirmed for 2026?
Not as a fresh combined recruitment at present.
Previous Staff Nurse, GDMO, Pharmacist and Medical Technologist drives together involved thousands of vacancies, but those advertisements were issued during 2025 and their recruitment processes moved into 2026.
That does not mean the same vacancies have reopened for 2026–27.
A new vacancy figure should be called “confirmed” only after WBHRB publishes:
- Advertisement number
- Post name
- Vacancy table
- Application dates
- Eligibility
- Fee
- Selection process
on its official website.
Expected Qualifications for Future WBHRB Recruitment
This table is for reference based on recent WBHRB advertisements, not a confirmed future notification.
Post| Recent Qualification Pattern Staff Nurse GNM| Recognised GNM + WBNC registration + Bengali/Nepali Staff Nurse B.Sc.| Recognised Basic/Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing + WBNC registration Pharmacist Grade-III| HS Science + D.Pharm/B.Pharm + WB Pharmacy Council registration Medical Technologist| Relevant 10+2 + Medical Technology diploma or prescribed Bachelor's Degree GDMO| MBBS + medical registration
The next advertisement may change cut-off dates, age criteria, reservation conditions or documentary requirements.
Previous Pay Structure at a Glance
Post| Recent Notified Pay Staff Nurse Grade-II| Basic ₹29,800; previous minimum emoluments about ₹39,500 Pharmacist Grade-III| ₹28,900 basic — Level 9 Medical Technologist Grade-III| ₹28,900 basic — Level 9 GDMO| ₹56,100 basic — Level 16
These are previous notification figures and should be rechecked when a new 2026–27 advertisement appears.
Expected Application Process When New Notification Comes
WBHRB recruitment is generally conducted online through the official Board portal.
Once a fresh advertisement is issued, candidates can expect to:
- Visit the official WBHRB website.
- Open the Advertisement/Recruitment section.
- Read the post-specific advertisement.
- Create/login to the candidate account.
- Enter personal details.
- Enter qualification details.
- Enter council registration details where applicable.
- Enter experience details.
- Upload required certificates.
- Select category/reservation.
- Pay the prescribed fee where applicable.
- Review the application.
- Complete final submission.
- Download/print the submitted application.
Do not apply through unofficial “registration agents.”
Previous WBHRB Application Fee
In several recent major advertisements, including Staff Nurse and GDMO, the application fee was:
₹210
with fee exemption available to eligible West Bengal SC/ST candidates and specified PwD candidates under the relevant rules.
This does not guarantee the next recruitment will use exactly the same fee.
Wait for the new advertisement.
Will WBHRB Conduct CBT Again?
Recent recruitment history indicates that WBHRB can use:
Computer Based Test — CBT
for shortlisting candidates before interview/final merit.
The 2025–26 recruitment cycle used CBT for:
- Staff Nurse
- GDMO
- Pharmacist
- Medical Technologist
The official notice board records CBT results, scorecards and interview shortlists for these posts.
Therefore, candidates preparing for a future WBHRB recruitment should not rely only on academic marks.
A fresh notification will specify the actual selection scheme.
What Nursing Candidates Should Prepare Now
GNM/B.Sc. Nursing candidates waiting for the next Staff Nurse recruitment should keep:
- GNM/B.Sc./Post Basic B.Sc. marksheets
- Nursing pass certificate
- WBNC registration
- Reciprocal registration where applicable
- Class 10 certificate
- Class 12 marksheet
- Caste certificate
- OBC/EWS documents
- PwD certificate where applicable
- Experience certificates
- Valid photo ID
- Address proof
ready.
The previous recruitment placed particular importance on valid West Bengal Nursing Council registration.
What Pharmacy Candidates Should Prepare
Future Pharmacist applicants should keep ready:
- Class 10 certificate
- Higher Secondary Science marksheet
- D.Pharm/B.Pharm certificate
- All semester/year marksheets
- West Bengal Pharmacy Council registration
- Category certificate
- Experience certificate
- Photo ID
- Address proof
The previous Grade-III notification required “A” Category Pharmacist registration with the West Bengal Pharmacy Council.
What Medical Technologist Candidates Should Prepare
Keep:
- 10+2 PCB documents
- Relevant Medical Technology diploma/degree
- All year/semester marksheets
- Discipline-specific certificates
- Experience certificate
- Category certificates
- Identity/address proof
Because WBHRB recruits Medical Technologists discipline-wise, make sure your qualification matches the advertised discipline.
Important Scam Warning
WBHRB's official notice page explicitly says:
It has no WhatsApp or other social-media account.
The Board lists its official website and official recruitment email for communication.
Candidates should therefore be extremely careful about WhatsApp/Telegram messages claiming:
- “WBHRB direct recruitment”
- “Pay ₹5,000 to reserve Staff Nurse seat”
- “Document verification without exam”
- “Internal GDMO vacancy”
- “Guaranteed selection”
Government recruitment should be followed only through official notices.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is WBHRB Staff Nurse Recruitment 2026–27 out?
Not yet as a fresh general recruitment at the latest official check.
The previous Staff Nurse cycle has already reached the panel/result stage.
How many Staff Nurse vacancies were there in the latest major cycle?
After official vacancy increases, the total became:
6,443 posts
comprising:
- 2,800 Basic B.Sc.
- 280 Post Basic B.Sc.
- 2,926 GNM Female
- 437 GNM Male.
Can fresh GNM candidates apply when the next WBHRB Staff Nurse form comes?
That will dep
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