diff --git a/quiabo/jobs.py b/quiabo/jobs.py
index 8af4310..9b5ed67 100644
--- a/quiabo/jobs.py
+++ b/quiabo/jobs.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 """Routes for submitting and managing OCR jobs."""
 
 import traceback
-
 from pathlib import Path
+
+from celery.result import AsyncResult
 from flask import Blueprint, request
 
 from quiabo.tasks import run_tesseract_job
@@ -51,6 +52,26 @@ def create_job():
         "job_status": f"/jobs/{celery_result.id}",
     }, 202
 
+@bp.get("/<job_id>")
+def get_job(job_id: str):
+    """Get the status of an OCR job."""
+    celery_result = AsyncResult(job_id)
+
+    response = {
+        "id": job_id,
+        "status": celery_result.state,
+    }
+
+    if celery_result.state == "SUCCESS":
+        response["result"] = celery_result.result
+        response["date_done"] = celery_result.date_done.isoformat()
+
+    if celery_result.state == "FAILURE":
+        response["result"] = str(celery_result.result)
+        response["traceback"] = celery_result.traceback
+
+    return response, 200
+
 
 def _error_response(error: Exception, status_code: int):
     """Build error response."""
diff --git a/test/unit/test_jobs.py b/test/unit/test_jobs.py
index 8e3d5f5..eb2abf9 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_jobs.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_jobs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 """Tests for the jobs endpoints."""
+from datetime import datetime
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 
@@ -169,3 +171,78 @@ def test_create_job_requires_filelist_to_be_file(client, tmp_path):
     assert response.json["status"] == "ERROR"
     assert "does not exist or is not a file" in response.json["result"]
     assert "traceback" in response.json
+
+def test_get_job_route_exists(client):
+    """GET /jobs/<job_id> is a valid route."""
+    response = client.get("/jobs/test-job-id")
+
+    assert response.status_code != 404
+
+def test_get_job_returns_celery_status(client, monkeypatch):
+    """GET /jobs/<job_id> returns job's Celery status."""
+    fake_result = SimpleNamespace(state="STARTED")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "quiabo.jobs.AsyncResult",
+        lambda job_id: fake_result,
+    )
+
+    response = client.get("/jobs/test-job-id")
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json == {
+        "id": "test-job-id",
+        "status": "STARTED",
+    }
+
+def test_get_successful_job_returns_result(client, monkeypatch):
+    """GET a successful job returns its result and completion date."""
+    fake_result = SimpleNamespace(
+        state="SUCCESS",
+        result={
+            "output_path": "/app/files/test.pdf",
+            "sha256": "abc123",
+        },
+        date_done=datetime(2026, 9, 28, 16, 0, 0),
+    )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "quiabo.jobs.AsyncResult",
+        lambda job_id: fake_result,
+    )
+
+    response = client.get("/jobs/test-job-id")
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json == {
+        "id": "test-job-id",
+        "status": "SUCCESS",
+        "result": {
+            "output_path": "/app/files/test.pdf",
+            "sha256": "abc123",
+        },
+        "date_done": "2026-09-28T16:00:00",
+    }
+
+def test_get_failed_job_returns_error(client, monkeypatch):
+    """GET a failed job returns its error and traceback."""
+    fake_result = SimpleNamespace(
+        state="FAILURE",
+        result="Tesseract failed",
+        traceback="Traceback: something went horribly wrong",
+    )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "quiabo.jobs.AsyncResult",
+        lambda job_id: fake_result,
+    )
+
+    response = client.get("/jobs/test-job-id")
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json == {
+        "id": "test-job-id",
+        "status": "FAILURE",
+        "result": "Tesseract failed",
+        "traceback": "Traceback: something went horribly wrong",
+    }