This is a full-time position (40 hours per week). Working hours
are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on all weekdays. If you have a background as a healthcare assistant or nurse, you should expect to work one weekend shift every 6–8 weeks in the Health Center’s inpatient ward. The
position is available as a temporary assignment lasting 4–5 months. 

Your duties will consist of assisting customers who come to the pharmacy with a prescription for medication. 
You will collaborate with other staff to ensure the supply of medication and nursing supplies to three surrounding villages and the town’s Neriusaaq Nursing Home, which place weekly orders for medication. 
In collaboration with psychiatric and somatic home care services, you will dispense medication to the affiliated patients, assist with ordering follow-up blood tests, ECGs, and conduct medication reviews for their patients to promote medication safety and prevent polypharmacy. Your role is to provide guidance and, in collaboration with the doctors, ensure that the medication recommendations in “The Greenlandic Health Service” are followed. 

In addition, you will be responsible for tasks related to nursing supplies, regularly counting prescription medications, checking expiration dates, and verifying medication records. 
The workflow for ordering medications and nursing supplies will take place in close collaboration with, and be managed by, the pharmacist in Sisimiut. For the two major annual medication orders, the pharmacist will visit Maniitsoq. Between orders, there will be ongoing collaboration and consultation with the pharmacists at Sisimiut Regional Hospital.
In your day-to-day work, you will work closely with doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

The Maniitsoq Health Center is part of the Qeqqa Health Region and has about 60 employees. The local management at the Maniitsoq Health Center works in collaboration with the regional management, which is physically located at the regional hospital in Sisimiut.

We offer:

  • Introduction
  • A Versatile and Varied Daily Routine
  • Independent work with ample opportunities for feedback from local management
  • A positive work environment and strong team spirit
  • Skills Development 

We are looking for someone who:

  • Is a trained pharmacy technician, nurse, or healthcare assistant 
  • Can work independently
  • You are structured, systematic, and quality-conscious in your work.
  • Is good at planning and managing your own work
  • Enjoys new challenges

About Us:

The Maniitsoq Health Center is part of the Qeqqa Health Region and has about 60 employees. These are distributed among the health center and the three affiliated nursing stations in the district’s villages.

The health center’s inpatient ward has capacity for 18 hospitalized patients of all ages with various medical conditions—including medical and surgical patients—and, from time to time, psychiatric patients are also admitted. The staff team consists of 4–5 nurses, 4 healthcare assistants, and 4 healthcare aides. The nurses work day and evening shifts and, after the evening shift, are on call at night from their homes—with a doctor on standby. Between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., the inpatient ward functions as an emergency room—however, we do not expect you to have emergency room experience.

The health center provides primary care services, including somatic and psychiatric home care, public health services, prenatal care, physical therapy, a sexually transmitted disease and family planning clinic, as well as 2–3 physician consultations. In addition, the center has a laboratory, X-ray facility, nursing consultation, emergency room/reception area, and pharmacy. 

We place great emphasis on ensuring that the care and treatment of our patients are guided by values such as respect, integrity, recognition, and trust. These same values shape the way we interact with one another at the health center.

A Little About Maniitsoq:

Maniitsoq is located on Greenland’s west coast, just south of the Arctic Circle, between Nuuk to the south and Sisimiut to the north. The Maniitsoq area is very beautiful, surrounded by high, jagged mountains with glaciers that stretch down to deep fjords. There are approximately 3,800 residents in the district, with about 2,800 living in the town and the rest in the district’s three villages. The villages are visited several times a year, and transportation is by boat. The town has most modern amenities, including grocery stores, a domestic airport, weekly connections via the coastal ferry, and, during the summer months, a high-speed boat route to Nuuk.

Summer recreational activities include hiking in the mountains and sailing among the humpback whales, which are among the things that characterize our district. During the winter months, the Northern Lights dance across the evening and night skies, and during the day, visitors can enjoy downhill and cross-country skiing. In addition, Maniitsoq has an evening school offering many exciting activities, and a variety of sports activities are available year-round.

Application

Applications, along with copies of relevant supporting documents, must be submitted in PDF format via www.gjob.dk

Start Date: December 1, 2026, or as agreed

Application deadline: October 26, 2026

Job interviews are held on an ongoing basis

Contact

For more information about the position, please contact Ann Birkekær Kjeldsen, Management and Recruitment Consultant, by email at ABKJ@PEQQIK.GL or call +299547516; leave a message and I will call you back.

Housing

Housing is allocated in accordance with the rules of the Greenlandic Health Service in effect at any given time.

Salary and Employment

Wages and terms of employment, including the right to travel upon hiring and upon termination of employment and to relocation of household goods, in accordance with the agreement or collective bargaining agreement in effect at the time of employment between the Government of Greenland and the relevant bargaining organization.

Citizenship

If you are not a citizen of a Nordic country, please note that employment is contingent upon a valid residence and work permit. You may apply for a residence and work permit only after an employment agreement has been reached.

The Greenlandic Health Care System – Scope, Challenges, and Professional Pride

The Greenlandic Health Service falls under the Ministry of Health and is organized into 5 regions, 8 clinical areas, the Rural Health Service, the Greenlandic Patient Home, and the Health Service’s Operations Division.

If you’re looking for professional challenges, are curious, and enjoy working in a variety of areas, then a job with the Greenlandic Health Service is right for you.

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

In Greenland, there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy an active leisure life. In the summer, hiking, whale watching, hunting, fishing, and sailing are popular 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 cities, there is a vibrant cultural scene 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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