Laboratory Staff at the National Board of Forensic Medicine in Linköping

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 just society.

We are now looking for laboratory staff for the forensic genetics unit in Linköping. The forensic genetics and forensic chemistry department analyzes samples to identify deceased individuals, establish paternity, and trace and determine the concentration of alcohol, drugs, medications, and doping substances. The forensic genetics laboratory unit extracts and analyzes DNA primarily from human biological material. The operations are divided into four subject areas: kinship, analysis in cases of suspected sudden cardiac death, species identification, and forensic genetic leads. The unit employs 15 people.

Your Mission

The laboratory work involves unpacking, registering cases and samples, and independent work in the ongoing routine operations with a focus on kinship investigations. Depending on which part of the process you work in, customer contact via phone and invoicing may also be part of your duties.

Qualifications

• At least four semesters of natural science higher education or university education
• Good knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written form

Meritorious

• Experience with similar tasks and questions that the unit works with

Please note that qualifications and any merits must be fulfilled by the application deadline.

Personal Qualities and Abilities

The work requires you to be meticulous and quality-conscious. It is also important that you have good collaboration skills, a flexible approach, and that you enjoy routine work. We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

Employment

The employment is temporary full-time during the summer period. Start date is according to agreement. Placement in Linköping at the forensic genetics laboratory unit. The National Board of Forensic Medicine applies individual salary setting.

RMV is part of the justice chain, and we have 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.

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.

Do you also want to contribute to a just society? Welcome with your application by February 20, 2026. Certificates and other documents should be brought to a possible interview. If you have protected personal data, 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 Cajsa Älgenäs, phone 010-483 41 51. 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, toxicologists, biomedical analysts, biologists, chemists, administrators, and many more work on behalf of, among others, the police, prosecutors, and courts.

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The Department of Forensic Genetics and Forensic Chemistry (RG/RK) analyzes samples to identify deceased individuals, establish paternity, and trace and determine the concentration of alcohol, drugs, medications, and doping substances. 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/)