Overview
In this role you lead Cygnet Hospital Colchester, driving safe, compassionate, and person-centred care. You oversee operational and clinical performance, guiding multidisciplinary teams to deliver quality services across multiple units. You’ll shape strategy, manage risk and compliance, and build strong relationships with commissioners and regulators. The position offers significant scope to influence culture, improve outcomes, and lead continuous improvement in a complex specialist hospital.
Pay / Benefits
- Competitive salary up to 100,000 DOE
- Strong career progression opportunities
- Monthly reflective practice and CPD support
- Expert clinical supervision and peer support
- Employee referral scheme
- Pension scheme and cycle to work scheme
Responsibilities
- Overall day-to-day management and strategic direction of the hospital
- Visible, effective and compassionate leadership across multidisciplinary teams
- Ensure clinical quality, regulatory compliance, workforce performance and service development
- Oversee hospital operations, governance, and service performance
- Risk assessment and risk management; safeguarding and Mental Health Act compliance
- Workforce planning, recruitment, retention, and staff development
- Budgetary control and financial performance; health and safety and estates standards
- Manage commissioner relationships, contracts and KPIs; external reputation
- Lead service development and occupancy improvements across the hospital
Key requirements
- At least two years of significant management or leadership experience in a similar healthcare setting
- Strong knowledge of hospital operations, clinical governance, quality assurance and regulatory compliance
- Understanding of the Mental Health Act and national care standards
- Experience leading services for mental health, learning disabilities, autism or related behaviours
- Proven budget, staffing, resources and financial performance management
- Ability to translate policies into safe, consistent practice
- Experience auditing services and leading sustainable change
- Strong people-management skills: coaching, performance management and development
- Ability to build relationships with service users, families, commissioners, regulators and external agencies
- Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to produce professional reports
- Ability to delegate, prioritise and stay composed under pressure
- On-call flexibility; full UK driving license
- Relevant degree, management qualification or nursing registration would be advantageous
- leadership presence
- clear communication
- relationship-building
- clinical governance
- regulatory compliance (CQC, MHA)
- budgeting and financial management
Hospital Manager in Colchester employer: National Health Service
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for healthcare professionals in North Wales. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on compassionate care, staff have access to continuous professional development opportunities and the chance to make a meaningful impact in both acute and community paediatrics. The Health Board's integrated approach ensures that employees are part of a dynamic team dedicated to improving health outcomes for the local population.
