Licensed Psychologist with Group Manager Responsibilities

Do you want a meaningful job where your skills contribute to strengthening the rule of law? The National Board of Forensic Medicine is the expert authority that provides the legal system with the basis for important decisions, from forensic medicine and forensic analyses to forensic psychiatric assessments. Whether you work in core operations or in a supportive role, you are part of something larger, contributing to a just society.

The National Board of Forensic Medicine has received two new assignments – to perform risk assessments on behalf of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service regarding conditional release and to conduct special risk assessments regarding security sentences on behalf of the court. The organization and structure of the operations will be shaped over the next year together with clients and employees. The assignments will take effect on January 1, 2026, and March 1, 2026, respectively. To meet an increased workload and new tasks, we will recruit several new employees during 2026.

We are looking for a licensed psychologist who wants to combine clinical work with a role as a group manager in a specialized forensic psychiatric environment in Stockholm, located near Huddinge Hospital.

Your Assignment

As the group manager for the psychology group, you will work with leadership, have personnel and budget responsibilities, participate in the unit's management team, and work with quality, follow-up, and business development. As a psychologist, you will work with clinical tasks through the assessments conducted by the organization. You will collaborate closely with other professionals within the forensic psychiatric department in both the managerial and psychological roles.

Qualifications

• You are a licensed psychologist
• You have many years of experience in psychological assessments

Meritorious

• Experience in forensic psychiatric assessment operations
• Experience in business development, leadership roles, or managerial positions within the public sector

Personal Qualities and Abilities

You are interested in the managerial role and its administrative and strategic aspects. As a manager, you need to be able to collaborate and create dialogue with colleagues and employees within the authority. You also need to have the ability to take initiative and build trust.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Employment

This is a permanent position that may begin with a six-month probationary period, with start date as agreed and placement at the forensic psychiatric examination unit in Stockholm, located near Huddinge Hospital.

This is a combined position with responsibilities both as a group manager and as a psychologist.

The authority's units are located in various places in Sweden, which means that travel may occur as part of the job. The National Board of Forensic Medicine applies individual salary setting.

Depending on the needs of the operations, there is the possibility to sign an individual agreement for remote work for part of the working hours.

RMV is part of the legal chain, and we place 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, security, and trust in the authority.

We conduct a background check by checking criminal records before employment. RMV applies 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.

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 just society? Welcome with your application by March 10, 2026. Transcripts and other documents should be brought to a possible interview.

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

We kindly decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in this recruitment.

Want to know more?

For more information, please contact unit manager Patrik Backgård at phone 010 483 4525. You can also contact HR specialist Eva Mörnås Mörner at phone 010 – 483 4909. 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 legal 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 on behalf 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 a coordination unit located at the headquarters in Stockholm.

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