Health Assistant or Nurse

Disability and social psychiatry is looking for a caring health assistant or nurse for the residential unit Pakkutaq located in Nuuk. If you want to make a difference for our residents, you are exactly who we need as our new colleague.

The position is a full-time job of 40 hours a week with working hours on weekdays from 8 AM to 4 PM.

The residential unit Pakkutaq has space for 12 residents aged 18-67 with physical or mental disabilities. Your core task will be to help each resident maintain and develop their physical, mental, and social skills. Together with your dedicated colleagues, you will support the resident in maintaining and developing their identity, self-esteem, and joy of life. Our values for the residential unit are the simplest things in life, such as: care, respect for the individual, creating security and trust, and the best possible quality of life.

As a healthcare assistant/nurse, you will be part of our multicultural team and serve as the contact person for the citizen. You will be jointly responsible for supporting citizens in their interactions with partners such as: the healthcare system, district psychiatry, physiotherapists and occupational therapists in the municipality, as well as the citizen's caseworker.

We expect that you:

Is trained as a healthcare assistant or nurse.

Preferably Greenlandic and Danish speaking, but not a requirement.

Is caring and welcoming and sees that it is the way to a good working environment.

Open-minded/service-minded

Want to develop yourself and our department so that it makes a meaningful difference for the resident.

Can work independently and collaborate with other professional groups.

Want to provide health professional support to your colleagues.

Has a positive mind, humor, and is open-minded.

Your tasks:

Plan, organize, and participate in daily work tasks in collaboration with the other staff.

Medical responsible

Development of the housing unit's offerings for residents in collaboration with the manager and the other staff.

Maintain and further develop a high level of health professionalism.

What can we offer you?

Challenging job with the opportunity to influence one's own tasks

A department under great development

Job with happy residents who really need you and have a heart for humanity.

Skilled and committed colleagues with diverse cultural backgrounds

About us:

In this position, you will become part of a larger community: We are a department with eight living units, five living collectives, two activity and social offerings, and three support teams located in Nuuk, Tasiilaq, and Paamiut.

We offer an exciting job in a department that is facing significant development. This development includes, among other things, thorough onboarding for you as a new employee, ongoing support, and professional communities.

Criminal record:

This position is subject to the law requiring the collection of a criminal record. According to the law, employment can only begin once the municipality has received a criminal record. We must therefore point out that the start date can only be agreed upon once the municipality has received the criminal record from the police.

Salary and employment conditions:

Salary and employment conditions are in accordance with the applicable agreement between the Government of Greenland, according to the agreement/collective agreement in force at the time of appointment between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

The employment will be subject to a 3-month probation period.

Housing:

No housing can be provided for the position.

Further information can be obtained from:

If the position interests you, you are welcome to contact us for further information about the position and associated tasks at:

Manager Sikkersoq Andersen, phone +299 58 19 19 or email: skar@sermersooq.gl

Application:

Applications marked with Job no. 26-26, and attached with educational certificates and documentation of previous employment, etc., must be uploaded before the deadline expires.

How to apply:

Applications must be submitted electronically via the link at the bottom of this page, where you can attach your application and CV.

We do not accept applications in paper or emails, please submit your application electronically via the job posting.

Application deadline: January 30, 2026

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