3718 Cancer Care in Italy - Request for help

Ospedale San Salvatore in Rome is one of the leading centres, but Milan also comes out very well with some excellent reports and highly specialised units.

Hospice and palliative care centers are fairly recent in Italy, but whichever way you look at it - Italy spends more on the research and treatment of cancer and has considerably far higher survival and recovery rates than the UK!

Then of course, there is the good food, weather and the caring people! That's bound to make anyone feel better!

Here are some links to help.

[url]http://darwin.nap.edu/books/0309064805/html/144.html[/url]

[url]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6622479&dopt=Abstract[/url]

[url]http://www.cancerindex.org/clinks5g.htm[/url]

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/348538.stm[/url]

Good luck.

There are many hospitals you can think of, but there are 3 in particular. They are 3 research centers with outlying hospital. They are called CRO (Centro di Riferimento Oncoligico = Oncology Reference Centre).

There is one in Rome, one in Milan and one in Aviano (Pordenone).

I know very well the last one (Aviano’s CRO) because it’s just 12 km far from my hometown and being myself a blood donor I go every time there. It’s an excellent hospital with highly trained doctors at just 100 km north from Venice.

I don’t know from direct experience the other 2 centers, but I’m sure they are up to the task of dealing with such a delicate problem.

Thanks to both of you - I will forward the information to Wendy.

If you could consider living in France, I can tell you from personal experience that the cancer treatment in France is terrific - top notch and caring.

I am a cancer nurse hoping to relocate to Italy in the near future. If anyone has any contact addresses or websites I could contact for jobs, I would be grateful.

There was a thread about nursing in Italy with a member to contact but sorry I can't find it now. The only info I have is pay is low about 900 euro a month but have no idea how experienced and could be diffecult to get a job in more rural hospitals. I take it you can speak Italian.

There is a dentist on here The Smiths of Puglia and it took nearly a year to get his qualifications recognised.

Sorry not sounding very positive but maybe other members can come up with more.

[QUOTE=JaniceTD]I am a cancer nurse hoping to relocate to Italy in the near future. If anyone has any contact addresses or websites I could contact for jobs, I would be grateful.[/QUOTE]

Janice
As you would expect, to work as a nurse you have to have fluent or at the very minimum near fluent Italian (written & spoken). You also have to have your qualifications reocgnised by the Italian Ministry of Health in Rome ([url]www.ministerosalute.it)[/url]. The website gives details re all the paperwork required. This process can take a long time, as has already been suggested. To work in the public health service have a look at your local ASL website, all available jobs will be listed under 'Concorso' or 'Bandi'. Nurses and other medical staff are employed via a 'concorso' a competitive exam - written, oral and practical. Points are also awarded for previous experience, you have to provide written evidence of the dates, provided by previous employers. Competition is stiff, many applying for few posts and as has been said the pay is appalling - E1000 per month max. There seems to be little or no career structure and little professional autonomy. It is also possible to work in the private sector, you would need to contact any private clinics directly re vacancies, however they are less common than in the UK so depending upon where you will be, may not be particularly convenient.
Hope this is all not too depressing, nurses and other paramedical staff are not held in the same regard here in Italy as in the UK, by the public or by Drs. I have been through the process myself, not as a nurse but as a UK qualified physiotherapist, who is establishing a private practice in Le Marche. If you have any other questions do feel free to send a PM.

Regards

Anne2

This is a post from a male nurse working in a Hospital in Florence:

[I]"Un infermiere prende all'incirca 1300-1400 € al mese, a seconda del tipo di turno che fa (giornaliero o in turno anche notturno). Poi ci sono varie possibili indennità nel caso si lavori in reparti di terapia intensiva, con rischio radiologico, con richio infettivo.
Alcuni ospedali, poi, hanno adottato, per vicariare le carenze di organico critiche di questi ultimi anni, diverse tipologie di pagamento per gli straordinari. Qui a Firenze, per esempio,m hanno istituito quelle che chiamano TAV (Turni Aggiutivi Valorizzati), pagati 28€ lordi l'ora nelle ore diurne e 29 in queklle notturne (e che partecipano attivamente al calcolo contributivo e pensionistico, cosa non di poco conto).
Diciamo che se non hai un cazzo da fare e te la senti di spararti ore e ore di straordinario, si può arrivare (parlo per esperienza personale) a 2500€ al mese...ma scordati una gran vita privata..."[/I]

That means: Salary is 1300-1400€ plus benefits in case of overtime. Working many hours overtime per month, the salary could reach 2500€.

Ciao

Thanks everybody for the information - I am studying hard to improve my italian, but it sounds like I ought to polish up my English & Art History degree and also search the Tour Guide vacancies as a back up!

[quote=sergiobuonanno]This is a post from a male nurse working in a Hospital in Florence:

[I]"Un infermiere prende all'incirca 1300-1400 € al mese, a seconda del tipo di turno che fa (giornaliero o in turno anche notturno). Poi ci sono varie possibili indennità nel caso si lavori in reparti di terapia intensiva, con rischio radiologico, con richio infettivo.[/I]
[I]Alcuni ospedali, poi, hanno adottato, per vicariare le carenze di organico critiche di questi ultimi anni, diverse tipologie di pagamento per gli straordinari. Qui a Firenze, per esempio,m hanno istituito quelle che chiamano TAV (Turni Aggiutivi Valorizzati), pagati 28€ lordi l'ora nelle ore diurne e 29 in queklle notturne (e che partecipano attivamente al calcolo contributivo e pensionistico, cosa non di poco conto).[/I]
[I]Diciamo che se non hai un cazzo da fare e te la senti di spararti ore e ore di straordinario, si può arrivare (parlo per esperienza personale) a 2500€ al mese...ma scordati una gran vita privata..."[/I]

That means: Salary is 1300-1400€ plus benefits in case of overtime. Working many hours overtime per month, the salary could reach 2500€.

Ciao[/quote]
Yes but who wants to work loads of overtime, not much different than England as far as thats concerned. Nurses pay is still below teachers and police.