Massage Therapist

## Description
**Job Purpose:**

• Provide quality massage therapy to members and their guests.

**Job Duties:**

• Massage’s members and their guests for therapeutic and remedial reasons.
• Provides other kinds of body conditioning.
• Prepares, blends and heats oil and applies substances to members’ bodies.
• Greets members and ensures that they sign in.
• Makes entries in and maintains treatment records for each member-client.
• Completes necessary information to invoice for massage therapy.
• Coordinates own schedule.
• Answers questions about massage therapy.
• Takes members’ blood pressure on request.
• Communicates to Spa Director about member service or operations.
• Performs other appropriate tasks assigned by the Director.

**Education and/or Experience**

• Post-secondary Vocational/Technical School.
• One year of experience as a Massage Therapist.

**Job Knowledge, Core Competencies and Expectations**

• Expertise in multiple massage modalities including Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, hot and cold stone massage, acupressure, and reflexology.
• Assess client’s soft tissue condition, joint quality and function, muscle strength and range of motion.
• Confer with the client about his/her medical history, any problems with stress, any history of fractures and surgeries and/or pain issues to determine how and whether massage would be helpful.
• Develop and propose client treatment plan.

**Licenses and Special Requirements:**

• Must have First Aid and CPR/Defibrillator training.
• Must have a State Massage Therapy License.

Working Conditions

• Must often work in humid and low-level light environment.
• Must be able to tolerate a variety of odors including massage oils and lotions.

**Physical Requirements:**

• Able to meet and perform the physical requirements and to work effectively in an environment, which is typical of this position.
• Frequent lifting, bending, climbing, stooping, and pulling.
• Frequent repetitive motions.
• Continuous standing and walking.

**Scheduling / Working Conditions:**

• Normal Office Environment
• Set your own hours / On call
• Flexible Schedule