Laboratory Summer Interns for the Forensic Chemistry Unit

Do you want to help strengthen the rule of law? At the National Board of Forensic Medicine, experts in forensic medicine, forensic chemistry, forensic genetics, and forensic psychiatry collaborate to provide the justice system with the answers it needs. Every detail can be crucial, and whether you work directly with analyses and investigations or in a supportive role, you contribute to a legally secure society.

We are now looking for laboratory summer interns for the forensic chemistry unit in Linköping. The unit works with several advanced analytical techniques such as LC-MS-MS, LC-QTOF, and immunochemistry. The unit is divided into several groups and operates on behalf of, among others, the Police Authority, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, and the forensic medicine department. Within the unit, there is high competence, a broad educational background, and high-quality internal training. We place great emphasis on a good working environment with adapted facilities and collaboration among colleagues.

Your Mission

We are looking for someone who enjoys practical laboratory work. The position involves independent work in the ongoing routine operations with a focus on analyses of alcohol, drugs, and narcotics in biological material. The work includes both laboratory and administrative tasks. Here you will be able to use your technical and laboratory skills. You will work independently but also collaborate daily with colleagues across the unit.

You can watch a film/interview with some employees from the unit here: Laboratory jobs that make a difference - National Board of Forensic Medicine (https://www.rmv.se/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss/laboratoriejobb-som-gor-skillnad)

Qualifications

Requirements:

• You have completed at least three semesters of a natural science higher education or university program that the employer deems relevant for the work.
• Since our management system and our instructions are formulated in Swedish, you must have very good knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written form.

Meritorious:

• Current experience of similar tasks and the techniques we use.

Personal Qualities and Abilities

The work requires that you are meticulous and quality-conscious. It is also important that you have good collaboration skills, a flexible approach, and that you enjoy routine work.

Employment

The employment is temporary for about 10 weeks with start during week 23 or 24. Working hours are normally scheduled on weekdays with the possibility of flexible working hours. The National Board of Forensic Medicine applies individual salary setting.

The National Board of Forensic Medicine is part of the justice chain, and we place high demands on employees' judgment and safety awareness as well as respect for law and order. As a representative of the National Board of Forensic Medicine, you follow the state value base and contribute through your actions to legal security, legal certainty, and trust in the authority.

In some of our recruitments, a background check is conducted. We apply a competency-based recruitment process where psychological tests, knowledge tests, or work samples may occur. Before hiring licensed healthcare professionals, checks are performed with the National Board of Health and Welfare and the Health and Social Care Inspectorate.

In connection with employment at the National Board of Forensic Medicine, there may be an obligation to be placed in a war situation.

Do you also want to contribute with answers in the justice chain?

Welcome with your application by 2026-02-01. Grades and other documents should be brought to a possible interview. If you have protected personal information, please contact the manager indicated below.

The National Board of Forensic Medicine is committed to a recruitment process free from discrimination and strives to provide equal opportunities for all.

Want to know more?

For more information, please contact one of the group leaders Elin Jesmin, Ewa Rohnström, Jenny Tomsson, or Therese Widerstedt via the switchboard at tel. no. 010-483 41 00. Our union representatives can also be reached via the switchboard. Union representative for Saco is Maritha Torkildsen Nilsson, for OFR/ST Selma El Hadi, and for Seko Christer Johansson.

Feel free to take part in our benefits: Benefits with us (https://www.rmv.se/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss/att-jobba-pa-rattsmedicinalverket/formaner-hos-oss/)

We are the medical link in the justice chain. Here, toxicologists, biomedical analysts, biologists, chemists, administrators, and many more work on behalf of, among others, the police, prosecutors, and courts.

Here you can meet some of our employees: Our employees (https://www.rmv.se/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss/vara-medarbetare/)

The Department of Forensic Genetics and Forensic Chemistry (RG/RK) analyzes samples to identify the deceased, establish paternity, and trace and determine the concentration of alcohol, narcotics, drugs, and doping agents. The department is located in Linköping and consists of four units: the forensic genetics laboratory unit, the forensic chemistry laboratory unit, the investigation unit, and the operational support unit.

This is what we do:

• Forensic Genetics - National Board of Forensic Medicine (https://www.rmv.se/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss/rattsgenetik)
• Forensic Chemistry - National Board of Forensic Medicine (https://www.rmv.se/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss/rattskemi)