CYGNET GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Byron Ward Manager
- Hospital Harrow in 2018 As a Staff Nurse
Alexandra joined Cygnet Hospital Harrow in 2018 as a staff nurse on the Springs Unit. Prior to joining Cygnet Health Care she worked in the NHS on female psychiatric intensive care and personality disorder units.
Alexandra was later promoted to team leader on the Springs Unit and later became Ward Manger for the Springs Wing in March 2020. In October 2022 she was appointed ward manager of Byron Ward.
Job Titles:
- Springs Wing Ward Manager
Alpha began working at Cygnet Health Care in 2010 working via an agency as a support worker before deciding to complete his Nursing in Postgraduate qualification in 2018. Following this, he continued working at Cygnet Hospital Harrow as a Registered Mental Health Nurse, whilst gaining additional experience after completing a Master of Science degree in International Business Management. Alpha also served as a Deputy Ward Manager and Residential Home Manager for individuals with Autism and Learning impairments; while using his bilingual skills in English and Dutch.
Alpha also worked for the NHS at West London Trust, on a female forensic medium-secure unit, a male acute service ward, and a male high-secure ward at Broadmoor whilst doing the Capital Nursing Programme. Eventually, in 2022, he decided to join Cygnet Hospital Harrow on a permanent basis, as the manager of the Springs Wing.
Alpha's motivation has always been to assist others, give exceptional care, and improve the lives of others.
Caitlin is a counselling psychologist who is in her final year of doctorate studies. Caitlin has seven years' experience working in secure services, especially with drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Caitlin brings her specialist knowledge and experience of trauma informed care to Cygnet Adarna House. Caitlin has extensive knowledge of mental health conditions, relationship difficulties, personality disorders and using psychoeducation with individuals on the autism spectrum.
As a counselling psychologist Caitlin brings a humanistic and philosophical approach which underpins to her work. Caitlin uses various models and cognitive behavioural therapies to support our service users at Cygnet Adarna House, all approaches are person centred and tailors treatment to the individual's needs.
Charlotte joined Cygnet in 2022 initially working at Cygnet Hospital Wyke before transferring to Cygnet Adarna House.
Charlotte is a HR Administrator and supports the team in relation to all administration duties, ensuring reports are completed and timescales are met, together with making sure all staff training is kept up to date and monitored and dealing with day to day administration duties. Charlotte also plays a part in attending meetings to undertake to take minutes of meetings, for both internal and teams meetings.
Job Titles:
- Group Property Director
- Member of the Executive Management Board
David is a chartered surveyor with significant experience in property development, facilities maintenance, health and safety management, procurement and executive management. His experience in the retail sector includes being Property Director and Operations Director at Regent Inns plc and Property and Tenancy Director at Young's Brewery plc.
David's inspiration for joining the care sector is his aunt who has learning and physical disabilities. David's care sector experience includes being Property & Procurement Director at Cambian plc, and most recently Property Director at Caretech plc.
Outside of work David enjoys watching Harlequins rugby team and helping out at Battersea and his local RSPCA. He is also a trustee on the Council at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.
Job Titles:
- Director of Nursing
- Member of the Executive Management Board
A Registered Nurse for more than 20 years, David has worked across a number of services including acute and mental health. David has experience of commissioning services from within the NHS, which gives him insight into the things that really matter to our service users and clients. David is keen to work closely with Commissioners to build productive relationships that will provide the foundation to excellent outcomes for those in our care.
David has a passion for Nursing Leadership, involving patients and residents in the improvement of services, and for patient safety. David is also Cygnet's Mental Health (Use of Force) Act Responsible Person.
Job Titles:
- Quality and Compliance Manager
Donna joined Cygnet Hospital Colchester as the Quality and Compliance Manager in September 2022.
Donna has over 20 years' experience of working within Mental Health services in various settings. She started career in mental health over 20 years ago before moving onto becoming the Director of clinical services within the private sector.
Donna has an in depth knowledge of clinical governance framework and its applications in health care setting including risk management, compliance standards and external reporting including incident investigation. Creating a positive work environment, conflict resolution, accepting change, utilizing policies and procedures as guilds', and staff coaching.
Donna is a strategic thinker with an ability to create feasible plans for improvement and to devise appropriate implementation strategies.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Psychologist
- Consultant
Allison is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who completed her first psychology degree and clinical training in New Zealand, and has worked as a clinical psychologist in the UK since 1992. Allison started out in the NHS working predominantly in adult mental health and primary care services, but also in Child and Family Services and Community Mental Health Teams before specialising in Forensic Services both in the NHS and in the private sector in 1997.
Allison was appointed to a Consultant Clinical Psychologist position in low secure forensic Learning disabilities services in 1999, and has worked as a consultant clinical psychologist across a number of secure inpatient services for patients with a range of mental health problems, learning disabilities, personality disorders, and offending behaviour. Allison has been working for Cygnet Health Care since 2010 and has a particular interest in forensic mental health and personality disorders.
Dr Khan undertook general psychiatric training at St. Georges Psychiatric Training Scheme. He worked in medium secure setting for some time at Springfield hospital and then in Learning Disability Psychiatry at North London Higher Training scheme subsequently worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist in the Barnet and Enfield NHS trust.
After working in NHS for 5 years he joined Priory hospital and worked in inpatient unit for people with Autism and Learning disabilities. He is passionate about quality improvement, recovery and involvement of service users and family in care planning and the delivery of services. He is an Approved Clinician (AC) for the purposes of the Mental Health Act 1983. He is ADOS 2 trained and is involved in Autism diagnostics assessment clinic in Harrow.
Dr Khan joined Cygnet Hospital Harrow in October 2017 as the Consultant Psychiatrist for Spring Centre and he played a pivotal role in setting up the Inpatient unit. He was appointed as Medical Director of Cygnet Hospital Harrow and Cygnet Lodge Kenton in January 2020. He believes that leading as a team is equally important as leading a team in delivering a high quality of care.
Dr Khan also has longstanding academic interests in offender health, safeguarding and medico legal aspects of Learning Disability psychiatry including psychiatric defences, risk assessment and risk management. He also has special interest in Bipolar Disorder, OCD and Depression.
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Member of the Executive Management Board
- Group Clinical Director
- Medical Manager
Jon is a Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist and Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Jon has worked as a medical manager in the NHS and independent sector in different medical director roles. Jon was part of the first cohort of Medical Leadership Trainees in the North West Deanery and completed the NHS Graduate Management scheme alongside his higher specialist training. Jon was promoted to the Group Clinical Director role for Cygnet Health Care in January 2020, after joining Cygnet as Regional Medical Director for the South and London area.
Jon chairs the Group Clinical Governance, Drug and Therapeutics committee and is Cygnet's Caldicott Guardian. Jon has led on the implementation of updated Clinical Models of Care across all service lines, launching successful recruitment initiatives for clinicians, co-created clinical dashboards and several quality improvement initiatives.
Jon has been involved with various different positions within the Royal College of Psychiatrists throughout his career, including past national chair of the Psychiatric Trainees Committee, elected member for the North West division and is the co-chair of the RCPsych Co-Production steering group that aim to share and produce best practice guidance for mental health organisations. Jon was elected as the national chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' General Adult Faculty (largest Faculty in the College) in 2023 after serving as an elected member of the faculty executive since 2019.
Jon is an Executive MBA candidate at the Warwick University Business School (London) completing a scholarship awarded programme (Healthcare specialism). Jon completed media training in 2019 and has since been a regular spokesperson for the College and Cygnet with television and radio appearances and contributed to newspaper, online and print journalism.
Jon's main interests include digital transformation, system leadership, service improvement and change management within healthcare settings. Jon has published in the areas of medical leadership, recruitment and training of psychiatrists. In his spare time Jon likes to explore new places, go hiking and is a PADI approved Scuba diver.
Dr Iyer joined the team at Cygnet Hospital Colchester as a Consultant Psychiatrist in November 2018 and became the Medical Director for the hospital in November 2019. He qualified in India with his primary medical education (MBBS) in 2001 and been a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in the UK since 2010 (MRC Psych).He is approved under the Section 12 (2) of the Mental Health Act 1983. He has completed Post Graduate Diploma in Management and Organisational Dynamics from University of Essex in 2015 offered jointly by Essex Business School and the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies as this integrated approach provided a deeper analysis of the way organisations function and the nature of leadership.
Dr Iyer has more than 15 years of Psychiatric experience working both in NHS and Independent Sector. He has worked in various settings including Low Secure Female Personality Disorder service, PICU, Male Low Secure Service, acute wards, Learning Disability wards and in community settings. Dr Iyer was a Reviewer at the Royal College CCQI for Peer Reviews.
He is Passionate about patient involvement in their treatment and all parts of the Mental Health services as patient-centred care have better outcomes. He also believes physically active patients have better mental health.
Job Titles:
- Group CEO
- Member of the Executive Management Board
Dr. Romero graduated as a Doctor of Medicine in Spain and went on to complete his psychiatric training within the NHS North London rotations. In 2002, he became Director of Psychiatric Services for NHP Plc. In 2004, Dr. Romero co-founded Cambian Group, which went on to become one of the largest independent healthcare providers in the U.K.
As Group Clinical Director he created Cambian's unique model of care ‘Active Care' which was key to Cambian's success. He was assigned Managing Director responsibility for the adult division, before leading a management buyout from Cambian Group Plc to UHS in 2016 and becoming CEO of Cambian Adult Services. In November 2017 Dr Romero was appointed Group CEO of Cygnet.
Job Titles:
- Occupational Therapist
- Specialist
Ella-Louise is a specialist Occupational Therapist with over three years' experience working with Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and mental illness in a Low Secure setting. Ella-Louise joined Cygnet at the end of 2021 and has been part of the team who established Adarna House as a service. Ella-Louise is registered with the health care professions council and a member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.
Job Titles:
- Coordinator
- Head of Occupational Therapy
- Specialist
Emmanuel is a highly Specialist, HCPC registered occupational therapist who joined Cygnet in 2021 as a newly graduate, then progressed to the head of occupational therapy. Emmanuel has a good experience of working in mental health care industry. Skilled in supporting patients to regain independence in all areas of their lives and breaking barriers that affect their emotional, social, and physical needs.
Emmanuel is the student coordinator/educator for south region, working with universities to provide placement opportunities for occupational therapy students. Also has Bsc in humanities, completed level 3 supervisor/management training.
Fiona joined Cygnet in November 2021 and is one of the Administrators at Cygnet Adarna House. Fiona's background is in administration though this is her first role in the care sector. Fiona's role is to ensure that all the admin at Cygnet Adarna House is done in a timely fashion.
Job Titles:
- Chartered Management Accountant
- Member of the Executive Management Board
- CEO Social Care Division
- Managing Director for Social Care
Gareth is a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA & CGMA) and has over 12 years' experience in executive board roles across the Independent Social Care Sector, including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Commercial Officer and Deputy CEO roles at Choice Care and prior to that, Group Financial Controller at the Cambian Group. Gareth also led on the sale of Choice Care to Icon Infrastructure in 2018.
Gareth joined Cygnet in April 2022 as the Managing Director for Social Care, then became CEO of Cygnet Social Care in October 2022. Both quality and outcomes remain Gareth's key focus and the most important people in the business are the service users and staff that he supports.
In his spare time, Gareth is a keen traveller and he also coaches rugby within the junior framework at London Welsh RFC.
Job Titles:
- Quality and Compliance Lead
Gerald has over 20 years' experience working in different Mental Health settings. Gerald joined Cygnet Healthcare at Harrow in June 2006, as a Clinical Team Leader on the Low Secure service.
In 2007 Gerald was involved in setting up the Springs Services at Cygnet Hospital Harrow, he was later promoted to be the manager of that service a year later. In 2016, Gerald was appointed the hospital's Clinical Quality and Compliance Lead.
James joined Cygnet Hospital Colchester in October 2019 as a Clinical Team Leader and progressed to Ward Manager of Ramsey Ward in February 2020 where he built a formidable team. Since qualifying in M.Sc. Mental Health Nursing at the prestigious University of Essex 2017, he has worked at Oaktree Manor where he progressed up the ranks of a Charge Nurse.
James has gained extensive experience in Forensic, Learning Disability and Personality Disorder in low secure services. He has worked with a variety of service users with complex mental health needs.
Since August 2022 James was transferred to Highwood ward (Acute) as a Ward manager where he is passionate about building a team giving them the access, tools, skills and right support for each member of the team to excel, whilst working closely with service users to increase their access to the community through positive risk taking, and also to ensure their stay as an in-patient setting is not prolonged once they have received their treatment and gain recovery.
Job Titles:
- in 2012 As a Staff Nurse
- Springs Centre Ward Manager
Jane Wahinya joined Cygnet in 2012 as a staff nurse and later was promoted to a team leader position in 2015. In 2016, Jane became the ward manager for the Springs Wing and later the ward manager for Springs Centre. In 2018 Jane received the Cygnet Hospital Harrow 'Employee of the Year' award.
Job Titles:
- HR Director
- Member of the Executive Management Board
Jenny began her career in HR in the railway industry, subsequently taking on a variety of HR roles, and building a keen interest in employment law. Moving into healthcare in 2005 with Cambian, Jenny was initially the sole HR person in the group. She was able to put into place systems and processes to support the business and grow the team.
As Cygnet's HR Director Jenny has the responsibility and privilege of managing a great group of people who look after resourcing, learning and development, HR operations and projects. In her spare time Jenny loves exploring new places and enjoys skiing and other outdoor activities.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- Member of the Executive Management Board
Prior to joining Cygnet, Justin was the Director of IT for Elysium Healthcare and Partnerships in Care. Justin was previously Technical Director for many years at a technology provider to enterprise which included Healthcare among many sectors and a vast array of technologies.
Justin is responsible for all Information Technology and Information Management across Cygnet's services. His focus is on integrating all of the ICT systems across the group and identifying further improvements that can be made. The aim is to ensure that colleagues are able to focus their energy on ensuring our service users receive the best possible care, and that our systems empower them to do this.
Outside of work Justin enjoys going to the gym, playing the violin and also has an interest in classic cars.
Job Titles:
- Health Nurse
- Larch Court and Chestnut Court Ward Manager
Katie is a registered mental health nurse who originally joined Cygnet Hospital Colchester as a newly qualified nurse in 2018 and has progressed with in her role as a nurse through to Clinical Team Leader before taking on the role of Ward Manager.
Since completing her initial BSc in Psychology with Child Studies, Katie has gained over 11 years' experience in care across specialist Learning Disability services, ASD services, Personality Disorder services and Low secure services, as well as working as part of the DBT (Dialectical Behaviour therapy) team in her previous role.
Since completing her MSc in Mental Health Nursing, Katie continued to work within a specialist Personality Disorder Service, later working in the Male Acute Service at Cygnet Hospital Colchester since its inception in 2019. During this time Katie has gained a wealth of knowledge and experience in the assessment and treatment of males with Acute Mental Health needs, as well as helping to support and establish an effective team, contributing to the teaching and development of colleagues in face of challenges such as nursing through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Following this, in 2022, Katie commenced on the Cygnet Apprenticeship programme to study Operations/Departmental Management, joining a colleagues from a multitude of roles and disciplines across Cygnet and has expanded her range of knowledge, skills and experience in order to effectively support the teams in both the existing and newly established Complex Learning Disability wards.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Services Manager
Kudzanai has been employed by Cygnet Health Care since 2019. He is a Registered Mental health nurse by profession with a vast experience in working in medium secure units, rehabilitation and low secure units for people with people with Autism and Learning disability.
He has experience of working in mental health and learning disability forensic service and prior to his current role was the Clinical Service Manager for Cygnet Hospital Colchester's male acute ward and specialist male ASD/complex learning disability unit.
Lee Hammon - Chief Commercial Officer
Job Titles:
- Chief Commercial Officer
- Member of the Executive Management Board
Lee joined Cygnet on the graduate programme after gaining a 1st class honours in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge in 2000. His first substantive role was in 2001 where he was a General Manager for the St Andrew's/Cygnet joint venture.
Since then, he has moved on to commission and operationally manage hospitals at Hospital Manager and Regional Director level, prior to his appointment as Managing Director (South) in November 2008. During this time, he was responsible for a number of hospital ‘turn-arounds'. He is currently the Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for managing the company's vast array of NHS and Local Authority relationships, as well as identifying opportunities for business development and growth.
Outside of work, Lee is a keen footballer and has indeed helped Cygnet Hospital Beckton to win the company's heavily-contested football tournament five times in total.
Lynn qualified as Registered General Nurse (RGN) in 1992 and Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) in 1996. She has a vast experience of working in a variety of roles within the NHS, predominantly in mental health, both in inpatient and community settings. She also completed a BSc (Hons) in Specialist Mental Health Practice in 2008.
Prior to joining Cygnet Health Care in March 2022, Lynn was Associate Director of inpatient and emergency care services, holding a large portfolio of services across multiple sites. This included an Assessment Unit, PICU's, acute inpatient mental health wards, dementia ward, care homes, mental health liaison teams, crisis and home treatment teams, neuromodulation service. A significant part of her role also involved transformation and redesign of existing services as well as setting up of new services.
Lynn is keen that her services deliver the best possible experience for the people who are using them and that her teams feel valued. She strives to ensure that service users and their carers are as involved in decision making about their care as they are able to be.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Executive Management Board
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
Mark is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW) and comes from a strong professional background. Having graduated from Exeter University, he spent eight years with Arthur Andersen, in both the Audit and Advisory and Consulting divisions. He moved on to Whitehead Mann Group Plc for six years, where he held the position of Group Finance Director and Company Secretary.
Mark joined Cygnet as Chief Financial Officer in December 2008. He is a statutory director and is primarily responsible for the Finance and Procurement departments. In his spare time Mark is a keen sportsman and enjoys spending time with his family.
Martyn initially joined Cygnet Hospital Colchester in September 2019 and has worked as a Ward Manager within the NHS in both acute and rehabilitation mental health wards, prior to joining Cygnet Health Care.
Martyn has wealth of experience of working as a Nurse in acute mental health setting since qualifying in 2008.
Job Titles:
- Service Manager
- Service Manager at Cygnet Adarna House
Matthew is a dual-qualified care practitioner and experienced care professional within both health and social care. He began his journey working with people with learning disabilities in 1992 and later qualified from Manchester & Salford Universities with both the RNLD and DipSW. Matthew also holds a Pg Certificate in Management which has helped to shape his management style and leadership skills.
Matthew joined Cygnet in 2021 and is the CQC registered manager for Cygnet Adarna House.
As the Service Manager at Cygnet Adarna House, Matthew leads an MDT, all of whom play an essential part in the supportive and person-centred, high quality service that Cygnet Adarna House offers. Matthew is a passionate, holistic, empowering and person-centred practitioner. He takes pride in supporting and enabling service users to help them follow their chosen life paths on their journey to more independence and to reach their individual potential and goals.
Michelle joined Cygnet Hospital Harrow in 2012 as a General Administrator. In 2017 Michelle went on to become the Springs Wing Administrator where she worked for 5 years.
In April 2022 Michelle took up the role of Training Co-ordinator. Michelle directly oversees training schedules and co-ordinates training activities, ensuring targets and programs are met and delivered on time. Michelle is responsible for providing the best ongoing career development for all staff within Cygnet Hospital Harrow.
Job Titles:
- Head of Occupational Therapy
Michelle qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 2011 in South Africa. She joined Cygnet Harrow in June 2022 to lead the Occupational Therapy department, having worked as an occupational therapist in vocational rehabilitation, SEN schools, and acute mental health care. She also gained experience in outdoor-based/ experiential learning with children, adolescents, and adults. Michelle is trained to conduct occupational therapy groups by using the Interactive Group Model. She is also trained in the Vona du Toit Model of Creative Ability model which allows her to provide therapeutic interventions through positive risk-taking.
Michelle has a passion for seeing people realise their full potential and discovering their true identities through engagement in activities. She loves travelling, ice cream, Wednesdays, and alpacas.
Waseem's interest in Mental health began in 2007, while studying BSc Human Biology and working as a part-time mental health support worker. He is a Registered Mental health Nurse who joined Cygnet Hospital Bierley in 2017 following the completion of his BSc Honours Nursing degree at the University of Huddersfield. Waseem has over 15 years' experience of working with adults who have a range of mental health support needs, including mental illness, personality disorder, eating disorders, brain injuries and learning disabilities.
Waseem came to Cygnet Hospital Bierley as a student nurse and since worked in various departments. He has progressed from RMN to Clinical Team Leader, following his move to Cygnet Adarna House in 2022.
Waseem has completed specialist training in caring for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. He is enthusiastic about delivering person-centred care and supporting service users in their recovery journey, within a therapeutic environment which is conducive to their needs. He is also a keen and supportive team player who will go above and beyond to support staff who want to achieve and progress in their career goals.
Job Titles:
- Social Worker
- Safeguarding Lead
Paul is a Social worker with over 18 years of experience in a variety of Adult teams for Essex County Council and Mental Health Low Secure services. He is qualified to deliver Dialectical Behavioural therapy and training in Behavioural family therapy
Paul's main role is to have responsibility for Safeguarding of the adults in our care. To ensure safeguarding incidents are reported appropriately, that risk management plans are in place. Paul maintains contact with Essex County Council, the care Quality Commission and the police as required.
Paul is also available for support and advice to the staff, patients and carers. His hobbies include hiking and cycling at home he enjoys gardening and DIY projects.
Ricky qualified in 2007 as a psychiatric nurse from the University of Brighton. Since qualifying he has gained extensive experience across numerous inpatient and community services including; acute, secure, and neuro-disability services.
Ricky has held various leadership posts including that of Hospital Manager before joining Cygnet Hospital Blackheath in early 2021. Ricky was appointed Hospital Manager of Cygnet Hospital Harrow in September 2023.
In his spare time he enjoys sports, particularly cycling which he often does to raise money for charity.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Management Board
- CEO Healthcare Division
Stephen Firn OBE has over 20 years' experience of NHS Trust Boards in clinical, strategic and chief executive positions; including CEO of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, a mental health and community services provider. Until October 2020, he was programme director at NHS England and NHS Improvement, leading a national initiative to support provider collaboratives, and has held policy advisor roles at both the Department for Health and at the Royal College of Nursing. From 2018, through to late 2022, he held the positions of Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair at Surrey and Borders NHS FT.
He joined Cygnet in January 2021 as an Independent Non-Executive Director, before becoming CEO of Cygnet's Healthcare division in October 2022. Stephen remains a Non-Executive Director at the housing, care and support charity Look Ahead.
During a varied career in healthcare, which began when he joined the NHS as a student psychiatric nurse, Stephen is the recipient of a number of honours, including an Honorary Doctorate from Canterbury Christ Church University for outstanding contribution to public life and an OBE for services to healthcare, particularly mental health.
Steve's background is in counselling with a specialist interest in addictions, working in this field for over 10 years. He gained his MSc in Addiction Psychology and Counselling in 2004 and is a member of the Federation of Drug and Alcohol Professionals and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Steve is also qualified in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy which utilises horses in both therapeutic and team building processes.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Psychologist
- Head of Psychology
- Head of Psychology at Cygnet Hospital Harrow
Teika has been a clinical psychologist for over a decade, working in a variety of settings including; personality disorder services, secure services and community settings. In her most recent post she was head of psychology for a secure hospital and held a number of senior positions prior to this.
Teika is currently the head of psychology at Cygnet Hospital Harrow. She is psychodynamically and systemically minded in her practice, and her research interests include; reflective practice, compassion focused support for service users and staff, and training.
In her spare time, Teika enjoys spending time with her family, travelling, reading, and hiking.
Job Titles:
- Springs Unit Ward Manager
Terry joined Cygnet Hospital Stevenage in 2014 as a staff nurse and then transferred to Cygnet Hospital Harrow, where she become Team Leader in 2016. In March 2018, Terry was appointed Ward Manager of the Springs Unit.
Job Titles:
- General Manager
- General Manager of Cygnet Hospital Harrow
Tracy joined Cygnet Hospital Harrow in May 2005. For over 10 years Tracy managed the Administration Department whilst maintaining responsibility for HR within the Hospital.
Tracy was appointed General Manager of Cygnet Hospital Harrow in July 2018 and is responsible for all non-clinical services and operations across the site.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Management Board
- Director of Partnership and Engagement
Vicky graduated in Law and worked in retail management briefly before joining Cygnet in 1995 as a management trainee. In 1996 she was appointed Hospital Director and was promoted to Regional Director in 2001. Vicky was Corporate Governance Director from 2008 through to late 2022. In October 2022 she began her current role as Director of Partnership and Engagement.
Vicky is responsible for identifying and developing corporate and organisational partnership opportunities, as well as building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders including the local communities we serve. Vicky is the corporate lead for any charitable requests or sponsorship. The Marketing, Communications and Complaints teams fall under her leadership. Vicky is the Executive Lead for the newly formed Women's Network and is looking forward to seeing the Network grow and develop. Vicky is a trained Mental Health First Aider and is passionate about providing a supportive working environment that enables people to perform to the best of their abilities.
Vicky was an elected Board Member of the national Mental Health Network of the NHS Confederation and served on the Board for 6 years, the maximum term. She enjoys watching her sons play rugby and spends most weekends supporting from the side line or walking her dog, Betty.
Victoria joined Cygnet Hospital Harrow in 2014 as a Team Leader on the Springs Unit. Prior to joining Cygnet Health Care she worked in the NHS covering a broad spectrum of; Acute, ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) and Mother and Baby specialist nursing. Victoria became Ward Manger for the Springs Unit and Springs Wing in October 2016.
Job Titles:
- Senior Occupational Therapist
For Victoria, there are a number of stand-out reasons for being part of Cygnet - the autonomy she enjoys, the support she receives from her colleagues and the satisfaction of seeing her work help change lives…
Job Titles:
- Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Vijeta is a HCPC registered Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist who joined the team in September 2014. Prior to joining Cygnet, Vijeta has worked in a number of roles supporting children, young people and adults with a range of communication disorders, before specialising in working with people with Autism and Learning Disabilities.
Vijeta is responsible for the provision of high quality assessments and interventions relating to Speech, Language and Communication needs of all service users at Cygnet Hospital, Colchester.
Vijeta has an in-depth knowledge of the Transforming Care Agenda, inclusive communication and supports the team to apply the principles of the accessible information standard and 5 good communication standards into all areas of care and treatment.
As well as completing assessments and interventions for communication, Vijeta is dysphagia trained and provides assessment and management of swallowing difficulties in a range of settings.