Wellness & Medical Spa Therapist

Responsibilities

• Deliver therapeutic massage with clinical focus — lymphatic drainage, myofascial release, sports rehabilitation, post-surgical protocols
• Serve Guadalajara's medical tourism and wellness center market — the city is a major medical tourism destination and its wellness centers reflect that clinical quality standard
• Conduct clinical intake and health history assessment
• Document treatment protocols and progress for regular therapeutic clients
• Work within multi-disciplinary wellness team — coordinate with physiotherapy, nutrition, integrative medicine
• Provide therapeutic massage for Lake Chapala expat and retirement community referrals

Requirements

• Certified massage therapist with 2+ years professional experience
• Clinical modality training — lymphatic drainage or myofascial release strongly preferred
• Professional English — medical spa and wellness center clients include significant North American expat and health-tourism clientele
• Clinical documentation ability and disciplined treatment approach

Benefits

• IMSS, Aguinaldo, vacation + premium
• Professional development in clinical modalities
• Service charge

Work environment

Medical spa or wellness center in Guadalajara. Clinical professional environment distinct from resort spa volume — deeper therapeutic client relationships, more specialized professional development.

About the role

The therapist at the intersection of wellness and medicine. Guadalajara is one of Mexico's top medical tourism destinations — patients travel from North America for procedures unavailable or unaffordable at home. The wellness spa therapist who provides post-surgical lymphatic drainage, who supports a patient through physical rehabilitation, who works within a multi-disciplinary clinical team — is doing medically adjacent work with real and measurable therapeutic outcomes.