Nurse for Forensic Psychiatric Examination Unit in Gothenburg

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.

The Department of Forensic Psychiatry investigates, at the request of the court, whether a person suspected of a crime committed it under the influence of a serious mental disorder. We also conduct risk assessments when life-sentenced individuals apply for a time-limited sentence. In 2026, the department will also begin conducting risk assessments in two new case types, regarding conditional release and as a basis for the court's decision on the new penalty of secure detention.

The Department of Forensic Psychiatry consists of two forensic psychiatric examination units located in Stockholm and Gothenburg, as well as a coordination unit. The operations in Gothenburg are conducted in the newly built Salix building, designed and constructed for the needs of the operations, located in Skogome.

We are now looking for a nurse for the forensic psychiatric examination unit in Gothenburg!

Your mission

As a nurse under the group leader, you will be responsible for the work at a stay department and lead the nursing staff. You will work for care, safety, and logistics. The individuals in the stay department are detained and suspected of crimes.

Qualifications

• Licensed nurse with an interest in leadership and working with mental health issues.

Meritorious

• Experience in investigative forensic psychiatric operations, correctional care, forensic psychiatric care, or psychiatric emergency care. Specialist nurse in psychiatry.

Personal qualities and abilities

You have the ability to collaborate with others and meet them in a responsive manner; you need to be stable and sometimes able to handle stressful situations. You are also engaged and responsible in your work and act in accordance with decisions made and guidelines.

The work requires you to make correct assessments and priorities and to plan and organize your work effectively. You have the ability to view issues from an ethical perspective and express yourself well in Swedish, both verbally and in writing. You also have an interest in leadership, coordinating, motivating, and leading others.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Employment

Permanent full-time employment that begins with a six-month probationary period. Start date is according to agreement. Placement in Gothenburg, Skogome. The National Board of Forensic Medicine applies individual salary setting. The work involves three shifts, daytime, evenings, nights, and weekends.

RMV 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 framework and contribute through your actions to legal security, legal certainty, and trust in the authority.

We conduct a background check by checking the criminal record before employment. RMV applies a competency-based recruitment process where psychological tests, knowledge tests, or work samples may occur. Before hiring licensed healthcare personnel, checks are performed with the National Board of Health and Welfare and the Health and Social Care Inspectorate.

Upon employment at the National Board of Forensic Medicine, there is an obligation to be placed in a war position.

Do you also want to contribute to a legally secure society?

Welcome with your application by January 6, 2026. Certificates and other documents should be brought to a possible interview.

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

Want to know more?

For more information, please contact group leader Martin von Gaffke during weeks 50-52 at phone 010-483 45 50 or group leader Andreas Hallner during week 1 at phone 010-483 46 04. Our union representatives can be reached via our switchboard at phone: 010-483 41 00. Union representative for Saco is Maritha Torkildsen Nilsson, for ST/OFR Selma El Hadi, and for Seko Christer Johansson.

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We are the medical link in the justice chain. Here, nurses, psychologists, forensic psychiatrists, social workers, caregivers, administrators, and many more work on behalf of, among others, the police, prosecutors, and courts.

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The Department of Forensic Psychiatry investigates, at the request of the court, whether a person suspected of a crime committed it under the influence of a serious mental disorder. We also conduct risk assessments when life-sentenced individuals apply for a time-limited sentence. The Department of Forensic Psychiatry consists of two forensic psychiatric examination units located in Stockholm and Gothenburg, as well as the coordination unit located at the headquarters in Stockholm.

This is what we do: Forensic Psychiatry - National Board of Forensic Medicine (https://www.rmv.se/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss/rattspsykiatri/)

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