Alan Dalzell is an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with more than 24 years of nursing experience across acute, community and complex care settings.
He began his career as a Nursing Assistant in a psychiatric hospital in Leicester before qualifying as a Registered Mental Health Nurse.
He went on to work across acute psychiatric services and spent much of his NHS career as a Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN), before moving into quality and clinical management roles.
At Exemplar Health Care, Alan is part of the Behaviour Support Team, providing clinical advice and guidance to colleagues supporting adults with complex mental health needs.
As Deputy Head of Behaviour Support, he helps oversee clinical interventions informed by positive behaviour support (PBS) and leads mental health awareness and mental capacity training across the organisation.
Alan also leads Exemplar Health Care’s Mental Health First Aider programme, certified by MHFA England. He has helped develop a network of more than 100 trained Mental Health First Aiders who support colleagues with their mental health and wellbeing.
I’m most proud of building a network of more than 100 trained Mental Health First Aiders across the organisation. They make such a positive difference to colleague mental health and wellbeing.”
Experience and expertise
Every member of our team brings different experience and expertise. Discover more about the clinical knowledge Alan brings to Exemplar Health Care.
- Adult mental health
- Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
- Behaviours of concern
- Mental Capacity Act
- Acute and community mental health
- Mental health awareness and training
- Mental Health First Aid