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Child Life - Massage TherapistDepartment: Child LifeLocation: Dallas, TXShift: 4 days per week or 32 hours per weekJob Type: On-siteWhy Children's Health?At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.Summary: Provides massage therapy to the patients of Children's Medical Center of Dallas through effective and safe massage techniques, improving lymphatic flow and circulation while relaxing body muscles.Responsibilities:Provide essential massage treatment to help improve patient circulation and lymphatic flow, make joints more flexible, relieve pain and relax tight muscles.Performs health history on patients and update prior to each session; ascertains precautions/contradictions for massage prior to each session.Collaborates with the health care team to implement a massage therapy plan of care and maintains verbal and written communication of the patient's progress with the health care team.Explain procedures and applies massage techniques appropriate to client needs and preferences. Ensures the patient and family are informed of plan of care for massage therapy.Observe client reaction to massage and modify as necessary.Maintain client confidentiality and sensitivity to age and gender related issues during all client interactions and report any unusual client interactions to supervisor immediately.Identifies areas of education needs regarding massage therapy among clinical staff and other health care providers. Develops, presents and evaluates educational programs to meet identified needs.Participates in the development of policy and practices related to massage therapy and is involved in the hospital wide education regarding the implementation and clinical application of massage therapy services.Participates in departmental quality improvement activities.Collaborates in the development and implementation of research and/or quality improvement activities.How You'll Be Successful:Work Experience: At least 1 year experience providing massage therapy to children in a patient care capacity required. Bi-lingual preferred.Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.Licenses and Certifications: Licensed Massage Therapist in the State of Texas required.A Place Where You BelongWe put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children's Health a place where everyone can contribute.Holistic Benefits – How We'll Care for You:Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenurePaid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)Caregiver LeaveAdoption and surrogacy reimbursementAs an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.
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dallas, TX, 75201, US
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