What are the responsibilities and job description for the Histotechnologist position at MaineGeneral Health?
Job Summary:
At MaineGeneral Health, our mission is clear: we’re here to enhance the health of our patients, families, and communities. If you’re ready to combine your passion for science with a rewarding career that makes a real difference, we want you on our team!
Job Description:
As a Histotechnologist, you’ll play a key role in our CAP-accredited laboratory, which processes over 1.3 million tests annually for the central Maine community.
This is more than just a job – it’s a chance to work in a state-of-the-art lab, grow your skills through career ladders, and enjoy the support of a team that puts people first.
Here’s what you’ll be doing:
- Preparing and processing tissue specimens: logging, embedding, cutting, staining, and cover slipping for Pathologist review.
- Assisting Pathologists with gross specimen examinations and frozen sections.
- Performing routine, special, and immunohistochemical stains.
- Maintaining equipment, departmental logs, quality control records, and safety standards.
- Supporting the cytology department with GYN specimen processing.
What We’re Looking For
- 2 years of Histology experience in a clinical or hospital setting preferred.
- Certification as a Histotechnologist (HTL) or Histotechnician (HT) preferred at hire (required within 2 years).
- Familiarity with CAP accreditation standards and modern lab workflows
- A demonstrated ability to work independently and mentor less experienced staff.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Scheduled Work Shift:
Job Exempt:
No
Benefits:
Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.
Physical Wellness:
- We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.
- Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.
- A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.
Emotional Wellness:
When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.
Financial Wellness:
- An employee discount program is available to all employees for services provided by MaineGeneral Medical Center.
- Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.
- We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.
- Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.
- We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.
Career Mobility:
Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.
Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 .
