Educational & Clinical Supervision

All our Educational, Clinical and Psychiatric Supervisors are formally recognized by the GMC as approved trainers. They are required to complete formal training in order to practise as a supervisor covering all domains of the Health Education England Professional Development Framework.

The responsibilities of the 3 types of Supervisors are laid out in the RCPsych Silver Guide. The Psychiatric Supervisor is the person who will provide your 1 hour per week of protected psychiatric supervision based around your educational needs. The Psychiatric Supervisor and Clinical Supervisor will usually be the same person so we will only refer to the Clinical Supervisor in the rest of this information. You can expect a named Clinical and Educational Supervisor throughout your training, who are there to support you in fulfilling your curriculum competencies and support you through any matters in relation to your training.

Help is also available to support any trainees who need any additional support during their training career. Most trainees do need some extra support at some time. This can take one or more of a number of forms including educational, professional, cultural, social, careers advice, health, and/or personal.

This can often be delivered within the capacity of our existing structures and roles, such as an extra session of educational supervision. It might also be necessary to arrange additional services or support, such as a consultation from the Occupational Health Service or support through the Professional Support Unit. The programme also has access to external confidential counselling services.

If you feel that you might need additional support please speak with any of your Supervisors as early as possible in order to clarify the most appropriate package and pathway of support.