Caregiver for the Forensic Psychiatric Examination Unit in Stockholm

Do you want a meaningful job where your skills contribute to strengthening legal security? 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 investigations. Whether you work in core operations or in a supportive role, you are part of something bigger: contributing to a legally secure society.

We are now looking for caregivers for the forensic psychiatric examination unit in Stockholm, located at Helix, near Huddinge Hospital.

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 investigations concerning security sentences on behalf of the court. The operations are in a state of change, and new employees are being recruited.

Your assignment

As a caregiver, you will work with care, security, documentation, and observation at a residence unit for detained individuals. You will also participate in improvement and development work, provide standard psychiatric/somatic care, and perform other daily tasks at the unit.

Qualifications

• Caregiver training or other education/experience deemed equivalent by the employer.
• Experience in forensic psychiatric care or psychiatric care.

Meritorious

• Experience working within the prison system.

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, acting 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 see issues from an ethical perspective and express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing. The tasks also require you to have good physical fitness.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Employment

The employment is a permanent full-time position that begins with a six-month probationary period, with start date to be agreed upon.

Placement at the forensic psychiatric examination unit in Stockholm.

The National Board of Forensic Medicine applies individual salary setting.

The work involves shift work, including days, evenings, nights, and weekends.

RMV is part of the legal 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 security, legal certainty, and trust in the authority.

We conduct a background check by checking criminal records prior to employment. RMV applies a competency-based recruitment process where psychological tests, knowledge tests, or work samples may occur. Prior to hiring licensed healthcare professionals, checks are carried out 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.

In this recruitment, we are looking for several employees.

Do you also want to contribute to a legally secure society? Welcome with your application by April 13, 2026. Please bring grades and other documents to a potential interview.

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 group manager Tobias Blomander at 010-483 45 66. You can also contact HR specialist Eva Mörnås Mörner at 010-483 4909.

Our union representatives can be reached via our switchboard at 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.

This is what we do:

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