Carla Roadnight - Hospital Manager

Carla qualified as an RMN in 1997 from St Bartholomew’s School of Nursing in London. She spent 20 years working in the NHS in both community and inpatient settings and gained experience as a Staff Nurse, Community Mental Health Nurse and a Mental Health Practitioner in Crisis Care. Carla quickly progressed into management roles and has worked as the Modern Matron for the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team in Portsmouth and the Area Head of Nursing for Southampton Mental Health Services. Carla moved into the independent sector in 2017 and worked as a Hospital Director for The Priory Group, leading the hospital from CQC Requires Improvement to Good within a year of her appointment. Carla joined Cygnet Hospital Woking in November 2021.

Carla is committed to staff wellbeing and support and believes that improved staff welfare has positive impacts on high quality patient care. Carla has a passion for individualised care and reducing restrictive practice and actively promotes a culture of learning and transparency through her leadership.

Nanday Obace - Clinical and Deputy Hospital Manager

Nanday joined Cygnet Hospital Woking as a Clinical Team Leader in 2015. She rapidly settled in the team and unit. Her hard work and diligence led to her achieving the position of Greenacre Ward Manager soon after. Her passion for her job was displayed by her hard work as she successfully guided her ward and multidisciplinary team through three successive CQC reviews obtaining Good results.

Nanday is highly committed to patient-centred care and safe practice whilst implementing least restrictive practice. Nanday has been consistently recognised by her colleagues and management for her skills, achieving employee of the month and eventually entrusted to fulfil the role of Acting Clinical Manager earlier in 2018.

Having successfully acted in this capacity, she was subsequently confirmed as the new Clinical Manager for Cygnet Hospital and Cygnet Lodge in Woking.

Lindah Munowenyu - Clinical Manager

Since qualifying as an RMN in 2007 Lindah has gained experience in a variety of setting including; CAMHS, adult mental health settings for low secure, acute and rehab in both the NHS and private health care settings.

Lindah currently works as the ward manager for Oaktree Ward, a low secure for female service users and has been a member of the Cygnet Hospital Woking (formerly known as Alpha Hospitals) since 2007. Current responsibilities include being the link nurse for preceptor nurses.

Courtney Greene - Head of Occupational Therapy

After graduating from the University of Cape Town in 2014, Courtney began working for a private mental health group specialising in dual diagnosis and adolescent Services. Courtney moved over to the UK to work for Cygnet in 2019, starting at Cygnet Hospital Taunton. Over this time Courtney gained specific skills working across acute mental health and learning disability services.

In May 2021, Courtney joined Woking as Deputy Head of Occupational Therapy and in September 2021, Courtney was appointed Head of Occupational Therapy to provide leadership to and management of the OT department at Cygnet Hospital Woking and Cygnet Lodge Woking.

Courtney is passionate about caregiver involvement and is currently our Friends, Family and Carers Lead. Courtney’s primary goal and focus is reducing restrictive practice in occupational roles and is an advocate for service user autonomy and engagement.

Courtney was appointed Regional Lead Occupational Therapist in March 2022 to support other OT departments across the region to deliver a high-quality effective service.

Julie Fulk - General Manager

Julie has over 25 years of experience within Customer Services having spent the majority of that time within Informa UK which is an Events & Publishing House which she joined in 1989 as a junior and left in 2007 as a Customer Services Manager (Life Sciences & Documentation Division).

Julie decided to take a change in direction in terms of her career and joined Alpha Hospital in 2009 as a temporary Medical Secretary following a short assignment Julie was taken on as a permanent member of staff and subsequently became the PA to the Medical Director and was then appointed the position of Office Manager. Julie was appointed General Manager in January 2022.

Sammy Narayanasamy - Ward Manager

Sammy comes from a clinical background in mental health nursing having qualified as a SEN in 1979 and RMN in 1990. Sammy worked for the NHS for thirty years, where he held the position of State Enrolled Nurse, Staff Nurse, Charge Nurse, Ward Manager, Service Coordinator and Service Manager. His last post, prior to retirement from the NHS in 2007 was Modern Matron.

Sammy joined the Alpha Hospital Woking in January 2008, now Cygnet. Sammy is currently Ward Manager having been the Senior Clinical Team Leader at Cygnet Lodge Woking since it’s opening in April 2015.