We are looking for nurses for Tasiilaq

We are seeking 3 nurses for permanent employment or a fixed-term position in Tasiilaq from 15 December 2026, from 1 January 2027 or by agreement. Ideally for at least 3 months forward or by agreement. Please mention if there are wishes for employment at a later time e.g. Summer 2027

We offer

• A professionally exciting workplace where your professional skills matter a lot and you will work with Arctic and acute nursing in our inpatient department, which consists of a broad patient population.
• Good, engaged and competent colleagues with lots of experience in a bi-cultural and bilingual work environment, where together we ensure good care and a good working environment.
• An outstanding Arctic nature with ample opportunities for hiking, boat trips, whale watching, village tours, nature excursions and the most beautiful majestic mountains. Experience the purest snow and air in winter and come and have a white Christmas.
• A workplace where we help each other and collaborate to ensure the patient receives good care, and where your contribution has great significance.
• A 40-hour-per-week position with rotating shifts, with weekend shifts every other weekend.

We are looking for you who

• Have experience from the emergency and/or consultation area – this is however not a condition.
• Possess good collaboration skills, are solution-oriented and loyal to your workplace.
• Are keen on new adventures in the Arctic.
• Have experience in nursing, medicine and professionally have something to offer that we can benefit from in the department.

About us

• The regional hospital is in Tasiilaq, located in the Kangia/East Greenland region, where we also have 5 associated settlements. The settlements have their own nurse stations, and we often receive patients for treatment from the settlements. In evacuations from the five different settlements, it sometimes happens that we send one of our nurses to evacuations by helicopter to pick up patients in the settlement or to hand over patients who need to be escorted to the airport, which is located in an accompanying settlement.
• The hospital consists of a medical clinic / consultation, a ward with 18 beds, an operating theatre, an emergency department, a laboratory, a delivery room with midwife function, a health nurse, porters/ambulance staff, cleaning, kitchen, laundry, TB nurse, and the town’s pharmacy.
• We are a team of around 50 employees and in addition we have the 5 health centres in Tiilerilaaq, Sermiligaaq, Kulusuk, Kuummiut and Isertoq.
• When the outpatient clinic closes on weekdays at 16:00, the department's staff function as an emergency department/accident and emergency, where the nurse, in collaboration with the on-call doctor and the other staff, ensures to consult and assess the patients.
• We place high value on interdisciplinary collaboration and the different professional groups at the hospital often have social gatherings in their free time.

Application

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

Start date: 15 December 2026, 1 January 2027 or by agreement

Application deadline: 15 November 2026

Employment interviews will be held on an ongoing basis

If you wish to work other periods, please send an unsolicited application with the relevant days and information, and you will be contacted by the undersigned.

Contact

Information about the position can be obtained from Chief Nurse Tupaarnaq Maqe at tel. (+299) 98 12 11 or email: [email protected]

Housing

Accommodation is allocated according to the rules currently in force in the Greenlandic Health Service.

Salary and employment

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

Nurse: Employment is conditional on presenting valid Greenlandic authorization as well as the training and documentation for it (apply via www.nun.gl)

Citizenship

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

The Greenlandic Health Service – Breadth, challenge and professional pride

The Greenlandic Health Service reports to the Department of Health, and is organized into 5 regions, 8 clinical areas, The Community Health, The Greenlandic Patient Home and the Health Service's Operations 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 is plenty of opportunity to live an active leisure life. In summer, hiking, whale watching, hunting, fishing and boat trips are suitable activities. Winter offers the Northern Lights and plenty of skiing, and if you live north of the Arctic Circle, you can go dog sledding. 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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The Greenlandic Health Service is a smoke-free workplace.

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