Do you want to help strengthen legal security?

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 nurse for the forensic psychiatric examination unit in Stockholm, located at Helix, near Huddinge.

The National Board of Forensic Medicine has received two new assignments – to conduct risk assessments on behalf of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service regarding conditional release and to carry out special risk investigations regarding security sentences on behalf of the court. The operations are in a phase of change, and new employees are being recruited.

Upon employment with the National Board of Forensic Medicine, there may be an obligation to be assigned to military service.

Your assignment

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 work, 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 able to handle stressful situations at times. You are also engaged and responsible in your work and act in accordance with decisions 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 see issues from an ethical perspective and express yourself well in Swedish, both spoken and written. 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 starting with a six-month probationary period. Start date is according to agreement. Placement in Stockholm, Huddinge. The National Board of Forensic Medicine applies individual salary setting. The work involves shift work, daytime, evenings, nights, and weekends.

RMV is part of the justice 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 base and contribute through your actions to legal security, legal safety, and trust in the authority.

We conduct a background check by reviewing criminal records prior to employment. RMV applies a competency-based recruitment process where psychological tests, knowledge tests, or work samples may occur. Prior to the employment of licensed healthcare professionals, checks are conducted with the National Board of Health and Welfare and the Health and Social Care Inspectorate.

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

Welcome with your application by April 13, 2026. Grades and other documents should be brought to a possible interview.

The National Board of Forensic Medicine promotes 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 Stefan Fohlheim at +46 10-483 45 50, HR specialist Eva Mörnås Mörner at +46 10 – 483 4909. Our union representatives can be reached via our switchboard at +46 10-483 41 00. Union representative for Saco is Maritha Torkildsen Nilsson, for ST/OFR 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, nurses, psychologists, forensic psychiatrists, social workers, caregivers, administrators, and many others 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 forensic psychiatry department 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 forensic psychiatry department 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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