Paul Jones - Hospital Director

Paul has worked within psychiatric care for more than 25 years, specialising in secure and complex psychiatric environments. He has over 18 years of management and leadership experience and has been involved in the successful set up of several low secure provisions including; male rehabilitation, male PICU, and female complex care.

Paul has worked in a variety of settings, both female personality disorder complex care and female low secure forensic units. He has a wealth of experience in change management and service improvement.

With a history of working both NHS and independent sectors, Paul is dedicated to building strong working relationships with both healthcare and community organisations for the benefit of the people we support Paul has worked for Cygnet for the over 10 years.

Lizzie Peyton - Clinical Manager

Lizzie qualified as Registered Learning Disability Nurse in 2014 and started with the team at Victoria House in the same year as a Staff Nurse. Lizzie progressed in her role to become a Senior Staff Nurse and a Head of Care before being appointed in her current role as Clinical Manager for the service.

Lizzie enjoys the variety of her role and strives to empower and work alongside the team to provide the best possible care to service users at Victoria House.

Dr Chizoba Unigwe - Consultant Psychiatrist, Victoria Ward

Dr Chizoba Unigwe joined Victoria House in 2023 as a Consultant Psychiatrist, holding an MB.Ch.B, MRPSYCH, and an MSc in Healthcare Education. With a warm demeanour and a commitment to excellence in patient care, she excels in supporting those with severe mental health disorders. She holds specialism in General and Liaison Psychiatry, and is an Approved Clinician and Section 12 Approved.

She values effective communication and collaboration within multidisciplinary teams and is also passionate about continuing education which drives her to foster an environment of growth and shared learning for all health professionals.

Corrin Wardle - Ward Manager - Albert Ward

Corrin completed a Psychology degree in 2014 and then qualified as a Registered Mental Health Nurse in 2017. She joined Cygnet later that year in one of the mental health rehabilitation and recovery services. Whilst there she progressed to senior nurse and then transferred to Cygnet Victoria House, where she held a post of Clinical Team Leader before being promoted to her current position.

Corrin enjoys the variety of her role and being able to contribute to the positive changes that benefit the service users and staffing team.

Charlotte Reynolds - Ward Manager, Victoria Ward

After leaving college Charlotte always knew she wanted to help people and completed a forensic psychology degree, during this time she realised she wanted to work with people that struggled with their mental health and decided to go back to university and complete her nursing degree in Mental Health. Once graduating Charlotte gained a role as a nurse in the forensic setting. She gained her experience in male forensics and wanted to develop her skills and knowledge with other services.

Charlotte started at Cygnet Appletree in 2019 and worked as an RMN on the rehab unit. She came over to Cygnet Victoria House in 2020 to help open the PICU where she worked across PICU and acute as a nurse. Charlotte has progressed from staff nurse to senior and then onto ward manager. She has been a ward manager for 3 years and has supported both wards. Charlotte is currently the ward manager for the acute ward where she is an advocate for the patients and works closely with them to support them through their admission and discharge.

Katie Metcalfe – Occupational Therapist

Katie joined Cygnet after qualifying as an Occupational Therapist in 2019. Prior to this, she completed a Psychology degree and worked as a support worker in an autism service. She also gained voluntary experience within acute mental health.

Katie is proud to work as part of the Occupational Therapy team at Cygnet Victoria House to support individuals in their recovery, with a focus on purposeful and meaningful activity. She also enjoys contributing to service development initiatives and supporting students during their practice placements.

She has always had a passion for care and supporting others and Katie is committed to working alongside the team to provide high standards of care. She continuously strives to advocate for patient’s individual needs to support planning for their next phase of care.