Matrons to be Redesignated as ‘Chief Nursing Officers’; Assistant Matrons as ‘Assistant Chief Nursing Officers’: Anil Vij
ESI Nursing Cadre Gets a New Professional Identity; Designations Revised from Staff Nurse to Matron: Anil Vij
Major Reform in ESI Nursing Cadre on the Lines of Health Department; New Designations Introduced from ‘Staff Nurse’ to ‘Chief Nursing Officer’: Vij
Chandigarh 3: Haryana Labour Minister Anil Vij today said that the nomenclature of various nursing posts in the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Department has been re-designated on the lines of the Health Department. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has approved the proposal. With this decision, nursing personnel serving in the ESI Department will now have designations and professional identity aligned with those of the Health Department.
Vij said that under the revised nomenclature, the designation of Staff Nurse has been changed to Nursing Officer, Nursing Sister to Senior Nursing Officer, Assistant Matron to Assistant Chief Nursing Officer, and Matron to Chief Nursing Officer.
He clarified that the decision is limited to the redesignation of posts and will not impose any additional financial burden on the State Government. The move has been taken to bring uniformity with the Health Department, ensure administrative consistency, and further strengthen the functioning of the ESI Department.
The Labour Minister said that the nursing workforce forms the backbone of healthcare services, and the re- designations will provide nursing professionals with a more dignified and contemporary identity commensurate with their roles and responsibilities. He added that the decision would enhance coordination in departmental functioning and establish greater parity between similar posts across departments.
Vij further recalled that during his tenure as Health Minister of Haryana, he had initiated similar reforms by modernizing the nomenclature of various categories of employees in the Health Department, giving them a more professional and dignified identity. Continuing the same reform-oriented approach, the nomenclature of the ESI nursing cadre has now also been brought in line with that of the Health Department, which, he said, will boost employee morale and further strengthen their professional recognition.