Summer Substitute Forensic Medical Assistant

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 a summer substitute forensic medical assistant for the forensic medicine unit in Uppsala. The unit consists of about 20 employees who work together to perform forensic autopsies and issue forensic certificates.

Your Assignment

As a forensic medical assistant, you primarily work to practically prepare and assist in forensic autopsies. This includes performing organ extractions and sampling, preparing the deceased, and related work in the morgue. The assignment also includes contact with the police, relatives, and funeral contractors.

Qualifications:

• At least a high school diploma, e.g., nursing assistant training, or equivalent education deemed comparable by the National Board of Forensic Medicine
• Work experience from practical work in, for example, healthcare or other physically and mentally demanding jobs
• Good knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written form

Meritorious

• Experience handling the deceased
• Good knowledge of anatomy

Your Personal Qualities and Abilities

To handle the work, both integrity and personal maturity are required. The tasks are both physically and mentally challenging. They include both fine motor skills and physically heavy tasks, which require good physical condition, as well as the ability to handle difficult events and strong sensory impressions, such as strong odors associated with death investigations.

We place great importance on personal qualities as the work requires a high level of quality awareness and good collaboration skills. You are a calm and stable person, attentive to the needs of the organization and colleagues, and contribute to a good working atmosphere.

The Employment

The employment is a fixed-term substitute position for 10 weeks full-time during the summer of 2026, based at the forensic medicine unit in Uppsala. Start date by agreement. The National Board of Forensic Medicine applies individual salary setting.

The National Board of Forensic Medicine is part of the justice chain, and we have high demands on employees' judgment and security 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 certainty, legal security, 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 employing licensed healthcare personnel, checks are performed with the National Board of Health and Welfare and the Health and Social Care Inspectorate.

Want to know more?

For more information, please contact group manager Lisa Pettersson at 010 483 47 67. Union representatives for Saco-S are Maritha Torkildsen Nilsson, phone 010-483 41 27, for ST/OFR Selma El-Hadi phone 010-483 46 34, and for Seko Christer Johansson, phone 010-483 46 24.

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

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

Do you also want to contribute to a legally secure society? Welcome with your application by 2025-02-24. Grades and other documents should be brought to a possible interview.

National Board of Forensic Medicine's website: www.rmv.se (http://www.rmv.se)