Gynaecological/Obstetric Consultant Sought for a 3-Month Locum at Queen Ingrid's Hospital, Nuuk

We are seeking a Gynecological/ obstetric consultant for a full-time position in a three-month temporary replacement at Queen Ingrids Hospital.

You can expect an exciting workday in a department undergoing significant development. Here you will be close to decision-making processes and have influence on daily tasks.

Your professional expertise will be particularly utilized when you participate in consultant trips to Greenland's other towns, where you examine and treat patients locally at the district hospitals.

Together with the other consultants you will also be on-call within your own specialty.

The surgical area, which includes gynecology/obstetrics, has educational positions in collaboration with Region of Southern Denmark within general medicine and the departments’ specialties. In gynecology/obstetrics there are thus both doctors in main training and internship positions, and medical students from Aarhus University.

We offer

A consultant position in an exciting and dynamic department where the patient is the focus, where professional quality and education are highly prioritized, where;

• Interdisciplinarity is given particular focus
• Good collaborative relations internally and externally are highly valued
• Employees are engaged and have high professional competence

Depending on interests and competencies, there may also be opportunities to become the educationally responsible consultant.

We are looking for you who

• Are a specialist with broad gynecological/obstetric training. This is however not a requirement
• Would preferably have a subspecialization within the obstetric or gynecological subspecialties
• Are proactive, communicative and have a motivating work approach
• Are interested in and have experience in the educational field

About us

The obstetric department handles about 600 births annually, partly from Nuuk, as well as all high-risk births from the coastal towns. The department is the only birth center in Greenland with obstetric specialist coverage. The obstetric outpatient clinic has about 400 annual consultations, including fetal medicine consultations with amniocenteses.

The gynecological department performs about 500 operations annually. In addition, 2-300 operations at coastal hospitals. The operating department in Nuuk is newly built with state-of-the-art equipment. Primarily general and uro-gynecological operations are performed. It is not expected that the applicant masters all operations. Furthermore the department handles the primary evaluation/treatment within gynecologic oncology and infertility treatment.

The gynecological outpatient clinic consists of about 500 specialist consultations and about 500 supervised registrar consultations

For the surgical area there are ten registrar doctors attached in a 24-hour on-call rota.

The surgical area is a general surgical department consisting of a parenchymal surgical, an otologic, an orthopedic surgical and a gynecologic/obstetric department with a total of 11 specialists (three surgeons, two otologists, three orthopedic surgeons and three gynecologists).

Respect, trust, care and professionalism are the health service's shared values. You will meet professionally skilled and passionate colleagues who focus on the good patient journey and make things succeed.

Application

Applications accompanied by copies of relevant documents must be sent in PDF format via www.gjob.dk

Start date: December 1, 2026 or by agreement

Application deadline: November 15, 2026

Employment interviews will be held on an ongoing basis

Contact

Information about the position can be obtained from Chief Physician Simon Bernth-Andersen at tel. (+299) 594136 or via email: [email protected]

Housing

Accommodation is allocated according to the rules of the Greenlandic Health Service at any time.

Salary and employment

Salary and terms of employment, including the right to joining and leaving travel and household relocation, in accordance with the agreement in force at the time of taking up the position between the Greenlandic Self-Government and the relevant negotiating organization.

Citizenship

If you are not a Nordic citizen, please note that employment is conditional on a valid residence and work permit. The residence and work permit can only be applied for upon agreed employment.

The Greenlandic Health Service – breadth, challenge and professional pride

The Greenlandic Health Service reports to the Ministry of Health and is organized into 5 regions, 8 clinical areas, the National Dental Service, The Greenland Patient Home and the Health Service's Operational Area.

If you seek professional challenges, are curious and enjoy working broadly, then a job in the Greenlandic Health Service is for you.

You can read more about the Greenlandic Health Service at www.gjob.dk

In Greenland there are plenty of opportunities to lead an active leisure life. In summer, hiking, whale watching, hunting, fishing and boat trips are popular activities. Winter offers the Northern Lights and plenty of skiing, and if you live north of the Arctic Circle, you can ride a dog sled. In the larger towns there is plenty of culture with sports clubs, art exhibitions, concerts, cafes and restaurants. You can read more about the region where the job is located at www.peqqik.gl

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