Cygnet

Our mission

Our mission is to work together, in a culture of openness, honesty, and inclusivity, where we deliver safe, compassionate, quality care for our service users and our staff enjoy a fulfilling, rewarding environment in which to work.

Across all of Cygnet's Services, we’re committed to 'Improving Lives Together'.

It is our unifying purpose and it's the reason we choose to be part of Cygnet.

Nursing jobs and careers at Cygnet

At Cygnet, nursing is based on the fundamental principles of Compassion, Clinical Excellence, and providing Exceptional Care.

As a Cygnet nurse, you will play a crucial role in delivering our outstanding health and social care services.

You will work collaboratively with colleagues, giving and receiving support, while caring for people in need.

Where will your nursing career take you?

Nursing at Cygnet is a fulfilling career. It allows you to make a positive impact on the lives of others.

We take care of our colleagues as much as we take care of our service users.

You’ll work with helpful and like-minded professionals who will always inspire and support you.

Working within a dynamic environment, you will have the freedom to suggest new ideas and embrace new challenges.

We believe in empowering our employees.

You will receive ongoing mentoring and training to develop your skills and advance your career.

Join our dedicated team and help change lives through exceptional care.

Together, we will enjoy the rewards of making a difference to others.

Preceptorship Nurse Jobs

Begin a promising nursing career with us. If you’re a newly qualified or soon-to-be qualified nurse who is passionate, confident, and ambitious, we would love to hear from you. We understand the challenges you may face during your first year as a nurse. But don't worry, our Preceptorship Nurses are guided by a dedicated mentor who provides coaching and support every step of the way. This helps our Preceptors to develop their skills, confidence, and autonomy.

With us, you'll be part of a committed team that delivers exceptional care in a high-quality environment. We are dedicated to supporting you in achieving your career goals by providing you with new challenges, responsibilities, and training that helps you grow both personally and professionally, every day.

Registered Mental Health Nurse Jobs

Are you interested in a challenging and rewarding career in mental health nursing? We are always looking for compassionate and professional nurses to join our team and tend to the needs of service users with a variety of diagnoses. As a registered mental health nurse at Cygnet, you will be part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team with the opportunity to make a positive impact on service users and their families.

You will be responsible for maintaining care plans, administering medications, and working closely with the management team to improve on quality of care. Additionally, you will monitor, manage, and reduce risk while focusing on the recovery of your patients. Excellent written communication skills are essential, as you will be required to produce reports based on your nursing assessments and observations.

I’ve had nothing but support throughout my time at Cygnet. If I ask for help with anything, I get it. It’s a fast-paced Ward and a lot of hard work. The patient group has a lot of distressing times, but it’s satisfying when I can prevent the distress from escalating. That’s one of the best feelings

- Kay, RMN, Cygnet Hospital, Bury

Registered Learning Disability Nurse Jobs

Our team of Registered Learning Disability Nurses help service users lead more fulfilling lives. They use a range of skills to provide patient-centred care that is both rewarding and valuable. As a nurse in this role, you will be able to focus on providing high-quality care that empowers and supports our service users.

You will help them improve their physical and mental health, reduce barriers to independent living, and lead them towards enjoying better quality lives. Your daily responsibilities include; maintaining care plans, writing reports based on your assessments, administering medications, and working closely with the management team to continually improve the quality of care.

Clinical Team Leader Jobs

Join us as a Clinical Team Leader within Cygnet and your main responsibility will be to supervise and provide clinical expertise to ensure that our services run smoothly. You will motivate and support your nursing team while delivering excellent care. You should have a keen interest in leadership, research, and risk assessment, as well as a passion for providing outstanding care.

You will be a role model to your colleagues and actively participate in training and developing staff. Your daily duties will include maintaining care plans, producing high-quality nursing assessment reports, administering medication, and working closely with the management team to continually improve the quality of our services.

Ward Manager Jobs

Our Ward Managers enjoy taking on challenges and leading their teams. As a Ward Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing a nursing team and ensuring that they provide high-quality and evidence-based care to patients. You will need to be organised, committed, and dynamic to motivate and inspire your team.

Your role will involve coordinating with other healthcare professionals to provide excellent care to patients. As well as someone who can cost-effectively use operational resources, ward management at Cygnet does require passionate and experienced leadership in a mental healthcare setting.

Clinical Manager Jobs

If you possess qualities such as compassion, vision, and strong leadership skills, then this is an excellent opportunity for you to put those skills to use in a very rewarding role. As a Clinical Manager at Cygnet, you are responsible for being a role model to your colleagues, providing leadership, direction, and supervision to all clinical and support staff.

Your focus should be to motivate your team and ensure the delivery of the best care possible. You will also be responsible for overseeing the admission and discharge of all service users, implementing, and evaluating agreed systems of clinical and operational support, and working closely with the management team to continually improve the quality of care provided.

Hospital Manager Jobs

Our Hospital Managers are exceptional leaders who bring together compassion, clinical excellence, and a strategic outlook to improve people's lives. They are organised, driven, and adept at managing people, and they are responsible for ensuring the overall delivery of care in their hospitals.

As the Hospital Manager, it is your responsibility to provide excellent leadership and support across all departments to ensure that the care provided is effective. You lead teams of clinical and non-clinical staff and ensure that everyone delivers outstanding patient care while maintaining compliance with all standards, including CQC and Health & safety.

Cygnet Nursing Jobs - Pay & Salary Guide

Pay rates quoted below are based on pay details in advertisements on Nurses.co.uk in 2024. They are presented to give an illustration of Cygnet’s pay and salaries. Please refer to Cygnet’s job advertisements on this site for specific details.

Cygnet’s Registered Nurse jobs and pay

A Registered Mental Health Nurse job for Cygnet in London in August 2024 will be paid £23.53 per hour.

A Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) job for Cygnet in Crew in August 2024 will be paid £22.47 - £22.79 per hour.

A Ward Manager RMN/RNLD job for Cygnet in Bury in August 2024 will be paid £55,000 per year.

A Bank Registered Mental Health Nurse job for Cygnet in Newham, London in August 2024 will be paid £20.60 per hour + 12.1% annual leave.

Life-changing nursing careers

Join our team

Our Nursing Team is at the forefront of our exceptional health services. We care for our staff as much as we do for our service users. You’ll be surrounded by helpful, like-minded nurses and you’ll have the freedom to suggest ideas and embrace new challenges.

We empower our nurses

Our nurses have ongoing mentoring and training to develop skills and progress in their careers. As part of a committed team, you can help change lives through outstanding care. Together, we reap the rewards of making a difference to others.

Be inspired

Our nursing colleagues are extraordinary people who come with a range of diverse skills, expertise, and knowledge. Every single one of them helps us improve people’s lives for the better.

Together we make a difference

Compassion, clinical excellence, and caring for our service users are the core values of nursing at Cygnet.

It's a fulfilling career where you'll provide care to those in need, while receiving the support you need, from your colleagues.

A network of nurses supporting each other

Nurses are central to our health and social care services. Sharing our knowledge, experiences and best practices is a big part of our success. We have developed regional nursing networks to ensure every nurse feels supported by their peers anywhere in the country.

Why join our inspiring team at Cygnet?

At Cygnet, nursing is considered a life-changing career.

“Why we care” is at the heart of it.

We celebrate being a truly diverse and inclusive organisation, where our passionate nurses are eager to support others and share experience and advice with colleagues and service users.

A rewarding career that comes with great benefits

At Cygnet, you’ll have strong career progression opportunities. To help improve your skills, we provide monthly reflective practice, clinical supervision, and continuing professional development.

We offer employee discount savings, a cycle-to-work scheme, and competitive pension plans. We also contribute payments for RCNi membership, revalidation, and NMC registration renewals too.

You can enjoy our onsite perks such as free meals on shift and free parking. Plus, you will get discounts from big brands such as Asda, Nike, JD Sports, Boots, H&M, Primark, Boohoo, Argos, IKEA, and many more.

We also offer discounted gym membership, a free NHS Blue Light Card membership, and plenty of other benefits to help you enjoy fun times, good health, and secure finances.

We’re recruiting for a variety of nurse roles, and other clinical and care jobs across the country

Join our nursing, clinical and care team! Apply for one of our Cygnet nursing jobs and other clinical and care roles today. View our available jobs below.

Cygnet is an equal opportunities employer

Our service users, our residents, and our young people are incredibly diverse, so we should be too. That’s why we’re working hard to build an inclusive culture where people can be themselves. Whoever they are, wherever they’re from.

Cygnet celebrates diversity, inclusion, and equality, by welcoming everyone from all backgrounds and experiences. Our purpose and our inspiring outcomes motivate people to come and work with us from different backgrounds and experiences, from all corners of the country, and indeed, from across the world. We listen to, are interested in, and care for our colleagues and those who entrust us with their care.

Within Cygnet, we encourage people to be their authentic selves whilst also being self-aware of how our actions and attitudes can impact others.

We expect everyone to live our values of; care, respect, empowerment, trust, and integrity - and in doing so, to appreciate and learn from each other, whether that is from our teams, the wider Cygnet group, or the people we care for.

We believe we should embrace our differences, celebrate our community, and constantly strive for a shared future where everyone feels welcome.

With wellbeing and inclusion central to our ethos, our Multicultural, LGBTQ+, Disability and Women’s networks help our colleagues to be their authentic selves at work.

Cygnet’s Multicultural Network is a vibrant forum that plays an instrumental role in providing a credible and unified voice for Minority Ethnic staff. The Multicultural Network is not just a discussion group, it has a focus on making change.

Cygnet’s LGBTQ+ network aims to collaboratively promote understanding and inclusivity within the workplace. It also provides a safe space for all LGBTQ+ people to discuss their unique experiences and share ideas about how we can support emotional wellness at work.

Cygnet’s Disability Network has four areas of focus; Hidden Disability, Known Disability (affecting colleagues in Cygnet) those who are caring for someone with a disability at home, and, the impact of disability on work. We provide a safe forum, a place where people can raise issues of disability in a safe way, but also to celebrate positives and the achievements of people living with disability.

The Cygnet Women’s Network is an inclusive staff network for all women and those who identify as women. We warmly welcome others who would like to support the group as an ally. The network reports to the Diversity & Inclusion Committee and works alongside other staff networks, including the Multicultural, Disability and LGBTQ+ Networks.