Massage Therapist

Massage Therapist

Schedule: Full-Time Monday-Friday (flexibility required)

💚 More Than a Job — A Place to Belong

At Cedar Community, we provide whole-person care with dignity, empathy, and respect. As a Massage Therapist, you’ll support residents across Independent Living, Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing, and Hospice settings. This role is deeply meaningful—bringing comfort, connection, and improved quality of life through individualized therapeutic touch.

You’ll collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams, communicate with families and Power of Attorneys (POAs), and provide services in-office and bedside—adapting techniques to meet residents where they are physically, cognitively, and medically.

What You’ll Do

• Provide therapeutic massage services in independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and hospice environments

• Perform in-office, bedside, recliner, wheelchair, and hospital-bed massage while adapting techniques to resident mobility and medical condition

• Create a safe, calming, and respectful therapeutic environment in both treatment rooms and resident rooms

• Confer with residents, nursing staff, hospice teams, and/or POAs regarding medical history, goals of care, and appropriateness of massage therapy

• Develop individualized treatment plans appropriate for geriatric and medically complex populations

• Communicate with families regarding consent, scheduling, billing, and care updates as appropriate

• Maintain accurate treatment documentation, billing records, and required monthly hospice reports

• Track and report monthly drive time and off-site services

• Complete weekly loyalty reports

• Provide hand massage programming in memory care and skilled nursing settings as requested

• Coordinate scheduling, check-out procedures, and billing for independent living residents

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members including nursing, hospice, social work, and wellbeing staff

• Adhere to infection control policies, PPE requirements, and safety protocols

• Perform laundry and maintain cleanliness of massage linens and treatment spaces

• Maintain professional boundaries and trauma-informed care standards

• Utilize therapeutic tools within scope of practice (e.g., hot towels in-office when indicated)

• Maintain compliance with Wisconsin massage therapy scope of practice guideline

✅ What You’ll Need

• Graduate of a professional School of Massage Therapy

Experience

• Experience working with older adults or equivalent knowledge desired

• Six months to one year of related experience preferred

• Experience in multiple treatment modalities preferred

Certifications & Licensure

• National certification in massage and bodywork

• Licensed and registered in the State of Wisconsin

• CPR and First Aid certification required

• Additional certifications in related fields (e.g., Aesthetics) strongly desired

🌿 Why Massage Therapists Choose Cedar Community

• Get paid weekly and enjoy less stress between paychecks
• Competitive pay with shift differentials
• Annual wage increases
• Flexible scheduling
• Career growth and tuition reimbursement
• Employee recognition and rewards
• Supportive leadership, training, and teamwork

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Join Washington County’s third-largest nonprofit employer and build a wellbeing career where your work truly matters.

**NOTE: For the safety of our residents and staff, Cedar Community requires all employees to be vaccinated against influenza, except for approved medical or religious exemptions. COVID-19 vaccination is strongly encouraged. Requirements may change per CMS guidelines.**