Cris completed my BSc in Mental Health Nursing in 2004 and my MSc in Health and Social Care Management in 2014. He has a Level 3 Certificate in Education and Training. He also is a qualified NAPPI instructor and enjoys teaching his colleagues in the Non-Abusive Psychological and Physical interventions.

His special interest in nursing care is looking after people with psychosis and providing the highest standards of care to all.

Cris is an avid Queens Park Rangers fan and follows the Philadelphia Eagles NFL team. He also enjoys watching F1 racing, listening to 90’s music and watching science fiction movies. When not at work Cris loves spending time with family, friends, and his multiple pets!

At this point, Hattie packed her bags and moved to Edinburgh to do her mental health nursing thanks to the sponsorship of St Magnus Hospital and in 2014 she got a BN in mental health nursing from Edinburgh Napier.

Hattie started working at St Magnus in 2009 as a bank support worker and after a few attempts to leave to work in areas such as accident and emergency and acute mental health inpatients she found herself always coming back to St Magnus and worked in various positions in the company since such as a staff nurse, quality improvement lead, ward manager of low secure ward and project lead and now is the registered manager for St Martha’s Hospital.

She is passionate about holistic care for older adults with mental health conditions and strives to ensure person-centred care whilst prioritising patient quality of life.

When not working Hattie enjoys cooking, running, and spending time with her friends, family, and her two dogs.

Struggling to find a passion for working in electronic engineering, Mark applied for a job working as an activities coordinator with an English-based organisation running an activities centre for children with mental health and behavioural needs in France.

Through this role Mark discovered a passion for working in mental health, he came back to the UK to start studying to become a registered mental health nurse, working part-time as a support worker at St Magnus Hospital.

Once qualified as an RMN, Mark worked at St Magnus Hospital as a staff nurse for a year before taking a role as a community psychiatric nurse in the Waverly area for two years. He then came back to St Magnus as a ward manager for a period of seven years. During this time, Mark took on an extra role which was supporting the rollout of the new electronic records system, and at the same time, became the deputy security manager for the Hospital.

In 2018, Mark was selected to be a part of the Project Team to commission and register a new Hospital in the New Forest, St Martha’s. Mark then went on to become the registered manager for this site for three years. During the latter part of this time, Mark was seconded into the information governance manager role to support the rollout of clinical IT projects across all sites, before moving into his current role as one of the registered managers at St Magnus Hospital.

Over the years Pat has worked in a variety of roles and settings from mental health, care of the elderly, community based respiratory medicine and moved back to mental health nursing 21 years ago.

During this time Pat has seen many changes within the company, including the addition of two hospitals and has felt proud to be a member of a dynamic, diverse and innovative team.
In terms of leisure activities, Pat enjoys walking, reading and keeping up with current affairs.

Patrick then undertook research looking at older adult mentally disordered offenders under restrictions orders in England and Wales. He held the post of consultant forensic psychiatrist in an NHS medium secure unit in Essex for six years.

In March 2011, Patrick met Jo Randall at an old age psychiatry conference. They bonded over a shared passion to improve mental health services for older people needing secure and specialist care. Patrick took up the post of medical director of St Magnus in October 2011. The entire team works hard to improve the quality of the services we offer older adults. Patrick is proud to say the organisation has grown to two hospitals.

Working to address the challenges facing older women with severe mental illness is a special interest of Patrick’s. Our second hospital, St Martha’s in Ringwood, provides a safe space for women in this under-resourced area. He thinks that the needs of older women are underappreciated in mainstream services.

When off duty, his passions include cooking (and eating), music, and cycle touring.

He did this whilst at the same time holding a Queen’s military commission serving in the RAMC (TA) at the rank of Major. Russell’s first substantive role in the Trust was in the specialised behaviour modification unit which was featured in a Channel 4 documentary ‘cutting edge’, before moving to a post with the secure and forensic services.

Russell was the first full-time forensic community nurse in the country and later managed the secure and forensic services within his Trust in the role of director of specialist services managing both low and medium secure services for men and women and forensic outreach & liaison services. His portfolio additionally included substance misuse services and the management of all specialised placements outside of the Trust on behalf of the CCG’s.

Russell then held the post of director of business development for the Trust and led the development of secure women’s services, specialist perinatal and eating disorder services, and services for people with dementia before taking early retirement. After a two-year career break Russell joined the Care Quality Commission as a hospital’s inspector, a post he held for three years before joining the St Magnus Community.

Russell assisted in the commissioning and registration of the Company’s newest hospital St Martha’s, and oversaw the rollout of services as the hospital director in St Martha’s first year. Russell then moved into his current post which he succinctly describes as providing oversight and scrutiny across all sites of practices, policies, procedures, and protocols and responding to internal and external quality challenges.