Napa State Hospital is hiring Rehabilitation Therapists



Napa State Hospital is hiring Rehabilitation Therapists. Applicants can practice any one of these five disciplines to be eligible for hire: Music, Art, Dance, Recreation, Occupational Therapy. Please visit the state personnel board’s website for more information. To apply you must first complete a Training and Education form (T&E) and an application.

Go online to DPA (the department of personnel administration/get a state job/ type in Rehabilition Therapist, select Department of State Hospitals/click on view bulletin/ click here for T and E exam/ scroll past sample to complete the T&E.

The link to the T & E:



Scroll down to Rehabilitation Therapist and select your specific discipline, be it Art, Music, Recreation, Dance, or Occupational Therapy. Click on the that matches your training and experience, and it will take you to the online exam.

The link to the state application:



The documents will then be sent to:

Department of State Hospitals-Sacramento Selection Services

Unit 1600 9TH street, Room 121

Sacramento, CA 95814

***You should make two copies of your application, and send the second one to the hiring unit here at Napa.

If you have already completed a T&E, previously completed a Qualified Appraisal Panel or have held a Rehabilitation Therapist position and are eligible for reinstatement/transfer. Then you only need to submit an application.

Please mail your application to:

Napa State Hospital

2100 Napa-Vallejo Hwy.

Napa, CA 94558

ATTN: Exam Hiring Unit

OR

You can fax it to (707) 253-5809

You may also contact Susan Jette, MT-BC at Susan.Jette@dsh. with questions or inquiries related to hiring.



To find a duty statement on this site, go to State Jobs/RehabilitationTherapist/Music or Art, Dance, Recreation, or Occupational Therapy.

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Department of State Hospitals - Napa

Announcements | Mission | Vision | Values | Principles | Treatment Philosophy | History

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MISSION

The mission of the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) - Napa is to provide hope to adults with a serious mental illness and support each patient to achieve personal recovery.

VISION

DSH - Napa envisions a future when:

• All patients served are successful in achieving personal recovery;

• Mental health care services provided by the hospital are state of the art and set the national standard;

• The hospital’s research and education leads to an improved understanding of mental disorders, treatment strategies, and outcomes of care; and

• Negative stigma towards patients with a mental illness is eliminated.

VALUES

We commit ourselves to a high level of excellence and share these values in support of our mission and vision.

• Recovery – We believe patients with a mental illness can recover and lead meaningful lives.

• Hope – We believe in fostering a strong sense of hope in each patient’s recovery process.

• Dignity & Respect – We celebrate and respect cultural diversity and patient differences, and value the worth of each patient.

• Person-Centered: We provide an environment that is welcoming, respectful of persons and culture, courteous and kind.

• Family – We invite and promote positive collaborative partnerships with family and significant others in designing and delivering services and care

• Excellence – We commit ourselves to a high level of excellence in the delivery of recovery focused mental health services that are evidence based with data-driven outcome measures.

• Accountability: We expect people to take responsibility for their actions

• Safety – We commit to an environment free from harm, injury or danger.

PRINCIPLES

We embrace the following principles:

• Quality Care – We deliver quality and cost-effective services.

• Leadership– We set quality standards in the delivery of mental health treatment consistent with the Recovery Model.

• Respect for Individuals’ Rights – We promote, respect and support the rights of all patients served.

• Hope – We believe Hope is a keystone to one's recovery and so we strive to instill hope in assisting patients to recover.

• Independence – We provide an environment that supports the patient’s maximum participation in Wellness Recovery planning, rehabilitation, and education while emphasizing self-determination.

• Partnership – We invite and promote collaborative partnerships to design and deliver care and services.

• Diversity - We value the diversity within our community and the infinite combination of options it provides us for the provision of mental health services.

• Equal Access to Service Delivery – We provide patients with equal access to services without regard to their age, gender, race, creed, nationality, sexual and gender orientation, disability, financial status, culture, religious/spiritual beliefs and legal status.

• Safety and Security- We promote a safe, secure, non-coercive/violence-free environment for patients served, staff, visitors, and the community.

• Recognition- We recognize members of the hospital community for their contributions and achievements.

TREATMENT PHILOSOPHY

Our philosophy is based on the Recovery Model.  Each patient has the central role in developing his/her Wellness Recovery plan.  Assessments identify each patient’s strengths, talents, preferences and personal goals.  Individuals are given the opportunity to engage in a wide range of self-determined treatment and rehabilitation services.  They are encouraged to take risks, make decisions and experience the results of those decisions in a safe and supportive environment.

Services are sensitive to the age, gender, race, creed, nationality, sexual and gender orientation, disability, financial status, culture, and religious/spiritual beliefs of patients served.  Treatment and security are integrated to ensure a supportive, therapeutic and hopeful environment that is free from coercion and violence.

HISTORY

In 1872, a site was selected and work began for the erection of the 500-bed, four-story, Gothic-style hospital building. The hospital originated due to overcrowded conditions at the Stockton Asylum, the first State Hospital. The doors of the unfinished entrance of Department of State Hospitals - Napa opened on Monday, November 15, 1875, to the first patients, two San Franciscans.

Initially, 192 acres of land were purchased for $11,506 from Don Cayetano Juarez. These acres were part of the Mexican Land Grant, Rancho Tulocay, received from General Mariano Vallejo. Additional land was acquired over the years bringing the total to over 2,000 acres. The land extended from a wharf on the Napa River to the eastern edge of Skyline Park, allowing for the development of dairy and poultry ranches, vegetable gardens, orchards and other farming operations necessary to make the hospital as self-sufficient as possible. Farming operations ceased in the late 1960's. Napa Valley College, Kennedy Park and Skyline Wilderness Park now occupy most of this land.

The population peaked in 1960 with over 5,000 patients in residence and then steadily declined with the arrival of psychotropic medications and the development of county based programs. Treatment programs for developmentally disabled residents were operant from October 1968, to August 1987, and from October 1995, to March 2001.

Our current treatment philosophies, rooted in the moral treatment concept of the late 1800's, have reflected the numerous prevailing practices over the decades. We are moving toward the next century with a bio-psychosocial rehabilitation philosophy for the patientized treatment of patients.

The hospital's specialized programs and treatment services meet national standards set by the Joint Commission (JC). The hospital is certified under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and licensed by the Department of Public Health for three levels of care including Acute Psychiatric, Skilled Nursing Facility, and Intermediate Care Facility.

DSH - Napa is classified as a low to moderate security facility. The hospital has a bed capacity to treat up to 1,362 patients, on an attractive campus with its treatment units located on 138 acres. The hospital admits patients who have been referred from their home county under a civil commitment or through the courts on a forensic commitment. All patients admitted to Department of State Hospitals - Napa suffer from a major mental illness. The most frequent diagnoses include schizophrenic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders and personality disorders.

DSH - Napa staff are dedicated and committed to delivering high quality, cost-effective, professional services and specialized programs in an environment that promotes continuous improvements in treatment for patients with mental disabilities. The hospital creates an atmosphere where patients, hospital staff, volunteers, family members and community mental health staff work together to offer new ideas and make choices and decisions regarding the quality and type of services provided.

The hospital offers a broad range of diagnostic, treatment, habilitation, and rehabilitation services. Depending on the assessed needs of the patient, several treatment modalities may be utilized to enable patients to achieve their optimum personal and social functioning, both in the hospital and in the community. Such treatment may involve pharmacological therapy, patient and group psychotherapy, educational, vocational and competency training, as well as other therapies such as independent living skills development, physical medical service, habilitation services such as supportive and cognitive skills development, and leisure time activities.

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