Job Summary:MaineGeneral Health is a comprehensive non-profit healthcare system, and we are looking for dedicated individuals to join our Histology team as a Lab Assistant. If you’re passionate about supporting your community and want to grow within a people-first organization, we’d love to hear from you!

Job Description:

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM

The Opportunity:

Histology: You’ll spend the majority of your time in our state-of-the-art Histology Lab, assisting with specimen processing, supporting the Pathology team, and ensuring smooth lab operations. Additionally, you’ll have the chance to grow your skills by contributing to other lab areas as needed.Cutting-Edge Lab Facilities: Work in a modern, well-equipped lab that fosters collaboration and excellence, performing over 1.3 million tests annually.Growth Opportunities: We offer personalized career ladders and ongoing professional development, giving you the tools to advance your career.

Key Responsibilities:

Accessioning surgical and cytology specimensAssisting Pathology staff with day-to-day tasksArchiving slides and FFPE blocksProcessing pap smearsPreparing gross benchesHandling tissue and hazardous waste disposalManaging reagents and restocking suppliesReceiving specimens via pneumatic tube systemAssisting with data processing, specimen registration, and other ancillary tasks when needed

Qualifications:

Prior lab experience and/or specimen processing experience preferredWilling to train motivated individuals with limited or no experience, including new graduatesStrong commitment to collaboration and teamwork

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 .