Gynecological/Obstetric Senior Consultant sought for Queen Ingrid's Hospital, Nuuk

You can expect an exciting day of work in a department in great development. Here you are close to decision-making processes and have influence over daily tasks.

Your professional expertise will be particularly used 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 senior physicians you also go on-call within your own specialty.

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

We offer

A consultant physician position in an exciting and dynamic department where the patient is the focus, where professional quality and education are given high priority, where;

• Interdisciplinarity is given particular focus
• Good collaborative relations internally and externally are highly valued
• The employees are engaged and have high professional competence
• This is a full-time position

Depending on interests and competencies, there may also be an opportunity to become the educationally responsible senior physician.

We are looking for you who

• Is a specialist with broad gynecological/obstetric training. This is however not a requirement
• Preferably has subspecialization within obstetric or gynecological subspecialties
• Is proactive, communicative and has a motivating approach to work
• Is interested in and has experience within the education/training area

About us

The obstetric department handles about 600 births annually, including deliveries from Nuuk, as well as all high-risk births from the coastal towns. The department is the only birthplace in Greenland with obstetric specialty 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, 200-300 operations at the coastal hospitals. The operating department in Nuuk has been 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 investigation/treatment within gynecologic oncology and infertility treatment.

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

For the surgical area there are ten trainee doctors attached in a 24/7 on-call arrangement.

The surgical area is a general surgical department, consisting of a visceral (parenchymal) surgery section, 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 healthcare system'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: November 2, 2026 or by agreement

Application deadline: October 31, 2026

Employment interviews will be held on an ongoing basis

Contact

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

Housing

Accommodation is provided according to the rules currently applicable in the Greenlandic Health Service.

Salary and employment

Salary and employment terms, including entitlement to relocation travel and household relocation, in accordance with the agreement/collective agreement in force at the time of taking up employment between the Greenland Self-Government and the relevant bargaining organization.

Citizenship

If you are not a Nordic citizen, please note that employment is conditional on a valid residence and work permit. 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 belongs to the Ministry of Health, and is organized into 5 regions, 8 clinical areas, the Country Dental Service, The Greenlandic Patient Home and the Health Service's Operational Area.

If you seek professional challenges, you are curious and you 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 is ample opportunity to live an active leisure life. In summer, hiking, whale watching, hunting, fishing and boat trips are ideal 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 cultural life 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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