For many years, the ICA has invested countless efforts in upgrading the onoclogy treatment network to enhance services offered to cancer patients and their families, by financing projects and jobs for healthcare professionals (nurses, social workers, dieticians and other professionals).
ICA's assistance has enabled the establishment of a significant and impressive infrastructure of psycho-social services and targeted nursing services within the oncology network. This year the ICA is financing jobs at medical centers and within the community as specified below:
Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tzrifin: Psychological and sexual counseling, Urology Dept. and Oncology Institute, Dietician, and Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar at the Department of Oncology.
Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon: Social Worker at the Home Hospice, Dietician and Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar at the Oncology Unit.
Bnei Zion Medical Center, Haifa: Psychologist attending to patients and their families at the Hematology Unit and in the various cancer treatment units.
Clalit Health Services (CHS): Palliative Care Nurse at the Holon-Bat Yam Home Hospice Unit, Nurse at the Palliative Care Call Service for oncology patients - at the CHS National Health Call Center, Social Worker at the Home Hospice in Ashkelon, Social Worker to expand social services at the Community Oncology Center in Nazareth.
Hadassah Medical Center, Ein Karem Campus, Jersualem: Social Worker at the Pediatric Home Hospice at the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar and Social Worker who provides Psycho-Social Services at the Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Breast Center at the Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Social Work Coordinator for Fertility Preservation and Gynecological Services.
Hadassah Medical Center, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem: Social Worker at the Admissions Hospice.
Hospice Upper Galiee: Head Nurse.
Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot: Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar at the Oncology Institute.
"Edy's House" -Ma'agan Community Support Center for Cancer Patients and their Families in Beer-Sheva: Social Worker.
Maccabi Healthcare Services: Palliative Care Social Worker for Terminally Ill Patients at the Home Care Unit Hospice in the North.
Meir Hospital, Kfar Saba: Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar at the Institute of Oncology.
Poriyah Hospital, Tiberias: Palliative Care Nurse Coordinator for Oncology Patients admitted in hospitals, Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar at the Oncology Institute.
Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus, Petach Tikva: Cancer Patient Follow up Registrant at the Oncology Institute.
Rambam Medical Center, Haifa: Social Worker who integrates children with cancer back into the education system - at the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Dept., Psychological Service at the Survivors Clinic in the Oncology Complex, Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar at the Oncology Institute.
Rebecca Sieff Hospital, Safed: Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar at the Oncology Unit, Social Worker at the Hemato-Oncology Clinic.
Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva: Psychologist.
Shaare Zedek Hospital - Jerusalem: Coordinator of the BRCA1, BRCA2 Gene Mutation Carriers Clinic at the Genetic Counseling and Diagnosis Center, Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar at the Oncology Institute.
Soroka Medical Center, Be'er Sheva: Social Worker for the Social Service for elderly Russian speaking patients at the Cancer Center, Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar at the Oncology Institute.
Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer: Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar at the Oncology Institute.
Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv: Social Worker for individual and group intervention for children who have undergone transplantation at the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, at the Pediatric Hemato-oncology Unit, Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar at the Oncology Institute.
Wolfson Medical Center, Holon: Breast Nurse Navigator at the Imagining, Surgical and Oncology Wards, Social Worker for Continuity-of-care at the Gyneco-Oncology Ward, Palliative Care Coordinating Nurse at the Hematology, Oncology and Internal Medicine Wards.
Western Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya: Breast Nurse Navigator, Social Worker in Arab Society, Palliative Care Nurse, Psychologist, Palliative Care Social Worker, Breast Health Coordinator Social Worker, Cancer Patient Follow up Registrar at the Oncology Institute.