Health assistant for Utoqqaat illuat Puilasunnguit Paamiut

Health Assistant for the Elderly Home Puilasunnguit Paamiut

The Elderly Home Puilasunnguit in Paamiut is looking for a health assistant for the Dementia department with a start date of September 1, 2026, or by agreement.

Are you passionate about working with elderly people in close dialogue with their relatives? And are you an energetic and positive person who can translate your own competencies into good care and support for the elderly? If you can also see yourself in the role of teacher/supervisor for the group of unskilled workers, there is ample opportunity for this as a health assistant at Puilasunnguit in Paamiut.

About Puilasunnguit

Puilasunnguit is a nursing home with space for 22 residents.

The staff composition consists of a Manager, Deputy, 1 Office Assistant, Department Head, Health Assistant, Social & Health Helper, Health Aide, unskilled care staff, Activity Staff, Kitchen Assistants, Kitchen Helpers, Housekeeper, and Cleaning Assistants. The goal is to hire more skilled staff in care.

Job Description:

We are looking for a health assistant to work with the elderly residents, where the level of good and caring support, as well as the continued development of care, is absolutely prioritized.

We are in a development process where we want to focus on competence development, job satisfaction, stability, and teamwork, as we believe this has a direct effect on the residents' well-being. Therefore, we want the work to take place in a close interdisciplinary, innovative, and developing environment for the benefit of the residents.

We expect you, together with the manager and the deputy, to participate in the task of developing the unskilled staff, so that an effect can be traced in the residents' well-being.

Our expectations of you are:

· That you are a trained health assistant

· That you are professionally well-founded and critical in your choice of actions

· That you have a desire and interest in working in the elderly sector

· Being bilingual in Greenlandic and Danish is an advantage, but not a requirement

· That you can work every other weekend, as well as have on-call duty from home

· That you have well-developed interdisciplinary collaboration skills

· That you will contribute to the development and documentation of care

· That you will participate in teaching, be a practical supervisor for students and trainees

· That you will help create a positive, creative, inspiring, and developing environment

· Are stable, quality-conscious, and detail-oriented

· Can handle many tasks simultaneously without losing overview

· Works independently, is responsible, and service-oriented

· Shows flexibility regarding tasks and ongoing adjustments in work distribution

· Is able to work focused and structured in a hectic everyday life

· Is robust and shows initiative, surplus, and decisiveness

· Actively contributes to continuously developing and improving our task solutions

· Is good at collaborating broadly

We offer:

· A position with great opportunity to influence the content

· Good introduction

· Opportunity for personal and professional development

· A challenging job that takes place in collaboration with good colleagues

· Interdisciplinarity

The working hours are 40 hours. Depending on the operations at the site, there will likely be on-call duty from home.

Criminal Record:

This position is subject to the law requiring a criminal record check. According to the law, employment can only begin when 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 collective agreement between the Government of Greenland, according to the agreement/collective agreement in force at the time of commencement between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

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

Housing:

Housing can be provided for the position, for which a deposit and rent, utilities, etc., will be paid according to the applicable rules for rent payment in the Government of Greenland and the municipality's properties, etc. in Greenland. If permanent staff housing cannot be made available immediately upon commencement, temporary staff housing will be offered to employees entitled to vacation housing, for which rent, utilities, etc., will be paid according to the above. For further information about rent including utilities, etc., please refer to the information at: www.iserit.gl

The start date is dependent on when a staff housing becomes available. A relocation travel allowance and moving expenses will be provided according to applicable rules.

For further information, please contact:

If the position interests you, please feel free to contact for further information about the position and associated tasks to: Director Tanja Møller, tel. +299 23 51 11 or email: ks89tamo@sermersooq.gl

Application:

Applications marked with Job no. 663-26, and attached educational certificates and documentation of previous employment, etc., must be uploaded before the deadline.

How to apply:

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

Note:

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

Application deadline: August 6, 2026