Deputy Hospital Manager (RMN / RNLD)

We are looking for a passionate, focused and experienced Deputy Hospital Manager (RMN/RNLD) to join us at our Cygnet Hospital Wyke.

Working hours will be work Monday - Friday (9am - 5:30pm including taking part with On Call).

Cygnet Hospital Wyke has 46 all-male beds over 3 wards: Phoenix: 19-bed acute service, Bennu: 12-bed PICU and Adarna: 15-bed Highly Specialised Autism Spectrum Disorder Service.

Our team is working hard to create a positive working environment with patient-centred care and a focus on service improvement.

Alongside the medical teams, the service has multiple other departments - psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and social work - all of which the Deputy Hospital Manager oversees. They are supported by a strong administrative team including HR, ward clerks and medical secretaries.

At Cygnet you'll have the chance to make a real impact on clients and their families. It's a challenging role with excellent career prospects, and you'll reap the rewards of empowering others with your focus on high quality of care. Your focus on enabling patient recovery in a compassionate setting will help us achieve our goals - and yours.

The Opportunity...

To provide direction and contemporary initiatives to drive and embed effective clinical practice and leadership for care delivery. The post holder would ensure delivery of an optimum level of clinical and therapeutic care together with ensuring compliance with statutory regulations, quality standards and delivering against key performance indicators. As a member of the Senior Management, the role holder will play a key part in leading and delivering the hospital strategy, providing operational and clinical leadership to the wider staff group in support of the Hospital Manager

• Experience of being a qualifed Senior Mental Health Nurse with minimum 2 years managerial experience.


• Significant experience of leading teams and/or senior practice-based work


• Experience of interpreting and analysing complex information and managing complex circumstances.


• Partnership working with other statutory and voluntary agencies


• Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards for high quality care


• Experience of preparing and presenting reports at senior management level


• Ability to change practice, culture and outcomes across professional boundaries


• Experience of setting therapeutic boundaries with patients who exhibit challenging and high risk behaviours that require advanced interventions to enable effective de-escalation.


• Ideally experience of working with patients within the service lines or similar.


• Experience of working with partner organisations, commissioners and external stakeholders


• Able to enthuse and inspire others using advanced communication, presentation skills, Disability Confident

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• An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme


• Expert supervision & support


• Free Health Cash plan


• 24 hours free GP support line


• Free life assurance cover


• Free eye tests


• Car lease discounts


• Discounted gym membership


• Free mortgage broker and Insurance cover


• Pension scheme


• Employee NHS - discount savings & "Cycle to Work" scheme


• Smart Health Toolkit- Providing you with Fitness Programmes, Nutrition consultation and Health checks