Qaqortoq Dental Clinic is looking for a clinical dental technician.

Qaqortoq Dental Clinic seeks clinical dental technician

Do you want to help make a difference for patients across Greenland?

The National Dental Service is looking for a dedicated and professionally well-founded clinical dental technician for our dental technical function. We also encourage laboratory dental technicians with an interest in clinical work and patient contact to apply for the position.

As a clinical dental technician, you will be an important part of the dental professional collaboration and contribute to ensuring high-quality dental technical solutions for patients across the country. You will have a varied daily routine with both patient treatment, laboratory work, and close collaboration with dentists and other colleagues.

We offer

• A meaningful job where your professionalism has a significant impact on patients' function, comfort, and quality of life.
• An exciting and varied workday with a high degree of independence.
• Good opportunities for professional and personal development.
• A workplace characterized by high professionalism, collaboration, and commitment.
• Opportunity for business trips to other cities in Greenland a few times a year to handle dental technical tasks in districts where there is no permanently employed dental technician.
• A strong professional environment with good opportunities for sparring, knowledge sharing, and collaboration with both dental technicians and dentists across Greenland.

We are looking for you who

• Are a trained clinical dental technician.
• Alternatively, are a trained laboratory dental technician and have an interest in or experience with clinical work.
• Work independently, structured, and quality-conscious.
• Have experience with or interest in the production, repair, and maintenance of prostheses.
• Have knowledge of modern dental technical materials and working methods.
• Have good collaboration skills and thrive in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Are responsible, flexible, and service-oriented with good collaboration skills.
• Thrive with independent responsibility and have the ability to think solution-oriented. You are creative in your approach to tasks and are able to adapt to different working conditions and local circumstances.

Your tasks include, among others:

Clinical tasks

• Examination, assessment, and treatment of prosthetic patients within the applicable area of competence.
• Taking impressions, recording jaw relationships, and color selection.
• Testing, adjusting, and inserting full and partial dentures.
• Control, adjustment, and maintenance of prostheses.
• Guidance of patients on the use and maintenance of prostheses.
• Collaboration with dentists and other practitioners on patient courses.

Dental technical production

• Production of full and partial dentures.
• Repair, rebasing, and maintenance of prostheses.
• Production of bite splints and individual trays.
• Production of study, working, and presentation models.
• Other dental technical work within the area of competence.

Laboratory work

• Receiving and checking impressions and work instructions.
• Casting, processing, and finishing models.
• Working with acrylic, plastic, and other dental technical materials.
• Quality assurance of the produced work.
• Maintenance of laboratory equipment.

Professional advice and collaboration

• Participation in testing and assessment of dental technical work.
• Professional sparring and advice to colleagues on dental technical solutions.
• Contributing to the development and quality assurance of the National Dental Service's dental technical offerings.
• You are responsible for managing the dental technical inventory as well as ordering and maintaining relevant materials and goods.

About us

The National Dental Service is a unit with a broad geographical spread and dental clinics in 16 districts. We emphasize high professional quality, interdisciplinary collaboration, and stable patient courses.

We work purposefully to ensure a high level of service and good treatment options for patients across Greenland.

Application

Applications accompanied by copies of relevant attachments must be sent in PDF format.

Start date: November 1, 2026, or by agreement

Application deadline: October 11, 2026

Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis

Contact

Information about the position can be obtained from Dental Consultant Aviana Reimer, Email: AVRE@PEQQIK.GL, Phone: (+299) 34 40 16 or from Chief Dentist Arinnguaq Filskov, Email: AOLS@PEQQIK.GL, Phone: (+299) 34 43 94

Housing

Housing will be provided according to the rules applicable in the Greenlandic Health Service at any given time.

Salary and employment

Salary and employment conditions, including the right to relocation and moving expenses, in accordance with the agreement/collective agreement applicable at the time of commencement between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.

Citizenship

If you are not a Nordic citizen, please note that employment is conditional on a valid residence and work permit. A 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 is under the Department of Health and is organized into 5 regions, 8 clinical areas, the National Dental Service, the Greenlandic Patient Home, and the health service's Operations Area.

If you are looking for professional challenges, are curious, and enjoy working broadly, then a job in the Greenlandic Health Service is for you.

In Greenland, there are ample opportunities to live an active leisure life. In the summer, hiking, whale watching, hunting, fishing, and sailing are ideal activities. Winter offers 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 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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Organizational chart of the Greenlandic Health Service

The Greenlandic Health Service is a smoke-free workplace.

We only accept applications in PDF format, electronically.

Applications sent by email will be immediately deleted for your safety.