RMT (registered massage therapist)
Education:
Other trades certificate or diploma.
Tasks:
- Consult with other health care professionals when developing treatment plans for clients.
- Administer massage techniques through soft tissue manipulation, relaxation techniques, hydrotherapy, trigger point therapy, joint pain and lower grade mobilizations.
- Apply finger and hand pressure to specific points of the body.
- Assess clients by conducting range of motion and muscle tests and propose treatment plans.
- Explain procedures, risks and benefits to clients.
- Maintain records of treatments given.
- Massage and knead muscles and soft tissues of the body.
- Suggest home care instructions and provide information about techniques.
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :
Certification by a provincial or territorial association for massage therapists.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
Physically demanding. Repetitive tasks.
Personal suitability:
Client focus. Values and ethics.
Employment terms options:
Evening. Morning.
Experience:
Experience an asset.
Employment terms options:
Day. Weekend.
Support for persons with disabilities:
Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities.
Support for newcomers and refugees:
Does not require Canadian work experience.
Support for Indigenous people:
Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .