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Do you want to help strengthen legal certainty? At the National Board of Forensic Medicine (RMV), experts within forensic medicine, forensic chemistry, forensic genetics, and forensic psychiatry collaborate to provide the judicial system with the answers they need. Every detail can be crucial, and whether you work directly with analyses and investigations or in a supporting role, you contribute to a legally secure society.

We are now looking for a Biomedical Laboratory Scientist for a one-year fixed-term position at the Forensic Medicine unit in Linköping.

We are the medical link in the chain of justice. Here, forensic pathologists, investigators, forensic medicine assistants, biomedical laboratory scientists, administrators, and many others work on behalf of, among others, the police, prosecutors, and courts. The Forensic Medicine unit in Linköping consists of approximately 25 people who together perform forensic autopsies and issue legal certificates.

Your role

As a Biomedical Laboratory Scientist in our histopathology laboratory, you will work in the ongoing routine operations performing histopathological work, i.e., preparation, block making, microtomy, and staining of microscopic slides.

Qualifications

• Legitimized Biomedical Laboratory Scientist.
• Very good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written.

Please note that requirements and any merits must be met by the last day of application.

Personal qualities and skills

Since you will be part of a small work group of three Biomedical Laboratory Scientists, we place great emphasis on personal qualities. We therefore expect you to perform your duties independently and take responsibility for achieving planned results. To succeed in the role, it is important that you contribute to promoting a stable and trust-building atmosphere. Furthermore, you must be structured, plan your work efficiently, and have the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. It is important that you have good teamwork skills and a flexible working style where you can quickly adapt when necessary.

The employment

The employment is a fixed-term contract for one year. The position may potentially be extended for an additional year. Start date is in September, subject to agreement. Location is in Linköping. The National Board of Forensic Medicine applies individual salary setting.

RMV is part of the chain of justice, and we have high demands on employees' judgment, security awareness, and respect for law and order. As a representative of the National Board of Forensic Medicine, you follow the government's values and contribute through your actions to legal certainty, legal security, and trust in the agency.

We conduct background checks for some of our positions by reviewing extracts from criminal records. In connection with employment at RMV, there may be an obligation to be placed on the war establishment. The position may be classified for security clearance, and a security check with register control may therefore be conducted during the employment.

We apply a competence-based recruitment process where work psychological tests, knowledge tests, or work samples may occur. Prior to the employment of licensed health care personnel, checks are made with the National Board of Health and Welfare and the Inspectorate for Health and Care.

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

We welcome your application by July 31, 2026. Grades and other documents will be brought to a possible interview. If you have protected personal data, contact the manager listed below.

The National Board of Forensic Medicine values a recruitment process free from discrimination and works to provide equal rights and opportunities.

Want to know more?

For more information, you are welcome to contact Deputy Unit Manager Lotta Nordén Pettersson, tel: 010-483 42 54. Our union representatives can be reached via our switchboard at tel: 010-483 41 00. Union representatives for Saco is Maritha Torkildsen Nilsson, for ST/OFR Selma El Hadi, and for Seko Christer Johansson.

Take a look at our benefits:

View our benefits (https://www.rmv.se/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss/att-jobba-pa-rattsmedicinalverket/formaner-hos-oss/)

We are the medical link in the chain of justice. Here, forensic pathologists, investigators, forensic medicine assistants, biomedical laboratory scientists, administrators, and many others work on behalf of, among others, the police, prosecutors, and courts.

Here you can meet some of our employees:

Meet our employees (https://www.rmv.se/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss/vara-medarbetare/)

The Department of Forensic Medicine performs approximately 5,500 forensic autopsies annually on behalf of the police and prosecutors. We also investigate suspected perpetrators and victims of violent crimes. Within the Department of Forensic Medicine, there are six forensic medicine units located in Umeå, Uppsala, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Linköping, and Lund.

This is what we do:

Read more about our operations (https://www.rmv.se/verksamheter/rattsmedicin/)