The nurses are the mainstay of the hospital

The supreme value guiding Mayanei HaYeshua - and underlying the functioning of the entire nursing organization - is the sanctity of life.

There are 370 members of nursing staff. 270 are female nurses, Almost all of them qualified, and a large proportion had Bachelor's and Master's degrees.  There are also approximately 100 auxiliary staff.

The hospital's motto  – "Professionals with  Soul" – characterizes the nursing staff in all departments.  Professional nursing, warm treatment and interaction with the patients and their families make for a winning combination.

The fact that Mayanei HaYeshua is a relatively small hospital also contributes to the family atmosphere. 

The combination of professionalism, giving, kindness, and the special ambience pervading here, generates a feeling of belonging, for many nurses. 

Nursing management policy is based on professional standards laid down by the Ministry of Health and the Director of Nursing.

The nursing management encourages nurses to continue their studies and enhance their professional knowledge by taking courses in various fields such as:  clinical guidance courses, postgraduate courses, seminars, conferences and refresher courses. 

The principles guiding us are:

• Professionalism and concern
• The sanctity of life
• Medicine and nursing according to Halacha
• Personal integrity
• Cooperative teamwork, in a pleasant atmosphere

The nurses are the mainstay of the Medical Center: they are partners in the patients' treatment, and are constantly available, enabling nursing and medical problems to be identified and assessed throughout the day.

The hospital provides a clinical field for nursing schools to gain experience in maternity and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and also for postgraduate courses such as midwifery and refresher courses in lactation guidance.

Director of Nursing

Ms. Lucia Biton

Areas of responsibility:

• Establishing nursing procedures, and acting as the nurses' representative with the hospital management.    
• Professional and administrative nursing management throughout the day.
• Formulating professional procedures and directions in areas under her responsibility in accordance with Ministry of  

  Health and hospital procedures.
• Supervision of the nursing staff and their work.
• Evaluation of nursing staff under her supervision.
• Recruitment of nurses and auxiliary staff, skills assessment, and suitability for employment.
• Professional enhancement for the nursing staff. 

General nurses

Ms. Malka Toledo
Ms. Etty Azoulai
Ms. Yehudit Alexander

Areas of responsibility:

• Nurses in charge of wards also fill the role of general nurses.
• A General Nurse represents the hospital management during evening, night, Sabbath and Festival shifts, and is in continuous contact with the medical, nursing, and administrative management.
• The General Nurses manage the hospital's medical, nursing, paramedical and logistic organization – regulate nursing manpower, report abnormal events, solve logistic problems, aid in solving complex problems, etc.
• In the clinical area, the General Nurse is responsible for monitoring the quality of treatment, and inspection of emergency facilities.
• She assists in solving clinical problems by appropriate referral, reporting clinical problems requiring further treatment, and being involved in every matter or need that may arise during the work shift.

Coordinator  for quality control and risk management

Ms. Vered Tabach

Areas of responsibility:

• Risk management and control by performing event investigations, learning from experience, and identifying problems 

  at their source.

• Developing improved professional procedures as a response to abnormal events.
• Implementing solutions and procedures to prevent problems in the future.
• Developing quality control tools to ensure quality of nursing treatment in accordance with Ministry of Health procedures. 
• Evaluating existing professional procedures and identifying existing and potential problems.
• Formulating and implementing quality procedures in nursing.

Coordinator for neonatal and premature infant department

Ms. Sharon Eizer

Areas of responsibility:

• Assessing the quality of nursing care and the functioning of the department.
• Training nursing staff in the department
• Implementing and supervising professional procedures
• Instituting changes and improvements in the functioning of the department in coordination with the nurse in charge
• Developing professional standards
• Building training programs

Epidemiology Nurse

Ms. Bat Sheva Klauzner

Areas of responsibility:

• Preventing bacterial cross-contamination
• Control of infections in the hospital
• Reducing the level of multi-resistant bacteria in the hospital
• Implementing professional procedures for the prevention of cross-contamination
• Monitoring the risk of blood and body fluid exposure by the treatment team
• Vaccination of hospital employees   

Coordinator of In-Service Education (ISE)

Ms. Tzofit Meshorer

The coordinator in this area identifies the training requirements of the nursing services.

Areas of responsibility:

Planning, organization, implementation and assessment of training programs. the continuous monitoring of employees in various programs in cooperation with the nursing management.

• Training oversight on the following subjects:

• Resuscitation
• Nursing procedures
• Exams in medical mathematics and medications for all departments
• Training of auxiliary staff

• Encouraging nurses' participation in conferences and symposia.

Pain Coordinator

Ms. Raya Shimonov

Managing and operating pain management forums

Areas of responsibility:

• Manage and operate pain management forums
• Plan and implement controls in pain assessment and treatment
• Initiate, and participate in training procedures for the nursing staff in the department
• Evaluate the quality of pain treatment
• Lead the implementation of treatment procedures
• Address problems in equipment, and technical problems in pain treatment
• Balance pain under the guidance of the hospital's pain specialist.

Lactation consultant

Arnie Beller

Areas of responsibility:

• Professional lactation management
• Formulating professional procedures for lactation
• Establishing an arrangement for lactation guidance to be available every day of the week
• Promoting and establishing a hospital lactation center
• Guiding nursing mothers as to proper lactation methods