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Registered massage therapist (RMT)

  • Education: Other trades certificate or diploma
  • Experience: Experience an asset

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

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Certification by a provincial or territorial association for massage therapists

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Values and ethics

Employment terms options

  • Evening
  • Flexible hours
  • Morning
  • On call

Employment terms options

  • Day
  • Weekend

Financial benefits

  • Piece work

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Parking available
  • Work Term: Permanent
  • Work Language: English
  • Hours: 10 to 40 hours per week