Chris Tandy
Chris Tandy is an Education and Practice Consultant and since his NHS retirement (Nov 2018) runs his training and consultancy service.
Chris is a qualified mental health nurse and trainer with 43 years experience. He has worked for many years alongside people who experience psychosis within community settings. He has extensive mental health and social care teaching and facilitation experience across various academic institutions.
Chris provides regular external training and consultancy for Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust. This includes Psychosocial Interventions, Mental Health Recovery, Clinical Supervision and Risk training.
He currently provides training and practice supervision (TPS) for Richmond Fellowship staff nationally and Foundation UK.
Roles with previous academic Institutions include:
- - Leeds Metropolitan University, Senior Lecturer Mental Health Nursing 1999 - 2003.
- - Sheffield Hallam University, Module and Programme lead Health and Social Care Mental Health provision 2003-2010.
- - Nottingham University, Module and Programme lead Health and Social Care 2010-2018.
- - Institute of Mental Health Nottingham, Education and Practice Consultant and Programme Lead 2008-2018.
- - Nottingham Trent University, External Education and Practice Consultant.
Qualifications: Registered Nurse (General) York 1984, Registered Nurse (Mental Health) Wakefield 1987 , MSc in Psychosocial Interventions (Sheffield University) 2003, John Heron’s Six category intervention analysis 2004, Neuro-linguistic programming diploma (coaching) 2006, Post Grad Certificate in Education North Notts. College Worksop 2013.
He has ten years’ experience of working with the Hearing Voices Network and the National Paranoia Network nationally and internationally.