Clinical supervision for the nursing and midwifery workforce
Welcome to the nursing and midwifery workforce clinical supervision learning site. Its purpose is to provide a point of access to information and resources relating to clinical supervision for nurses, midwives, associate practitioners and healthcare support workers, working in health and social care settings in Scotland.
Supervision is adopted as an overarching term to describe the support provided to practitioners to promote the delivery of safe, effective, and person-centred care. Under the umbrella of supervision are two key areas:
- clinical supervision - encompassing three core components: practice, restorative and professional
- managerial and operational supervision - often thought of as line management
Stay on this site to find out more about clinical supervision, and for further information to support managerial and operational supervision visit the Turas Leadership and Management Zone.
What is clinical supervision?
Clinical supervision is a proactive process to support your development and professional growth by offering you dedicated time, feedback, and guidance in a psychologically safe space to critically reflect on and in your practice. Its aim is to enable and empower you to provide high-quality, safe, person-centred care.
Clinical Supervision: supporting you to develop and thrive in your role is an eLearning resource where you can learn more about the Scottish model of clinical supervision and how it can support your wellbeing, development and professional practice. Log in to Turas to access the resource from this page.
Clinical supervision
In this video Alex McMahon, Scotland’s Chief Nursing Officer from January 2022 to April 2024, speaks about clinical supervision; why it is important, the benefits for staff wellbeing and professional development, and the positive impact it can have for the people who use our services.
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