Deputy Unit Manager

Job Summary

37.5 hours per week. We are delighted to invite applications from a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join Syrena House as Deputy Manager. This is a pivotal leadership role in delivering high quality, safe, and recovery focused inpatient care. Working closely with the Ward Manager, the Deputy Manager provides day-to-day operational leadership, professional guidance, and clinical oversight to ensure service users receive compassionate, effective, and person-centred care that promotes recovery, independence, and wellbeing.

Main Duties of the Job

• Support the Unit Manager in the day to day leadership and management of the recovery ward, deputising in their absence to ensure safe, effective, and high quality care delivery
• Provide strong clinical leadership, maintaining professional accountability for nursing practice and ensuring person centred, recovery focused care that involves service users and carers in decision making.
• Oversee and coordinate daily clinical activity, including staffing levels, roster management, sickness cover, and flexible responses to changing service needs, ensuring the safety of both service users and staff.
• Line manage and support staff through supervision, appraisal, mentoring, performance management, and development, fostering a positive, inclusive, and learning focused team culture.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, policies and professional standards.
• Lead on aspects of safety, risk management, and quality governance, including incident reporting, complaint responses, audits, and contribution to quality improvement initiatives.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team and with partner services to support coordinated care, effective discharge planning, and positive recovery outcomes.

About Us

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

Person Specification

• Essential Skills: Communication, Leadership, Team Work, Management, Administration, Computer, Interpersonal, Supervision, Prioritising, Dependable, Self-motivated, Stress management, Flexibility
• Essential Qualifications: RMN/Dip HE, management development
• Essential Experience: Relevant post-registration, line management of healthcare staff, clinical supervision, multidisciplinary work, complex risk management
• Essential Knowledge: Mental Health Act 1983, Confidentiality, Care Programme Approach, Medicines management, Statutory requirements, Therapeutic techniques, Mental Capacity Act

Additional Information

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. All staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.