Clinical supervision for the nursing and midwifery workforce

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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.

Venn diagram showing professional, practice and restorative supervision in between two practitioners

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.

 

 

National clinical supervision nursing and midwifery frameworks webinar

 

This webinar on 20th August 2024, formally launched the national clinical supervision nursing and midwifery frameworks, developed to support the implementation of clinical supervision across NHS Scotland. 

Anne Armstrong, Interim Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland and Jaki Lambert, Director of the Royal College of Midwives were our keynote speakers at this event. During the webinar, there was the opportunity to:

  • Discover how the Scottish model of clinical supervision can elevate your practice and improve care quality
  • Understand how the new national clinical supervision frameworks will support all nurses, midwives, and support workers by 2030
  • Gain insights from real-world experiences: Hear from those who are implementing the model
  • Find out what resources are available to help you get started in your role

Questions and answers

Select the resource below for a summary of questions asked during the webinar on 20th August, with answers.

Get in touch

Contact us to:

  • give feedback about the learning site
  • suggest additional learning resources for the learning pages

E-mail: N&MPracticeEducation@nes.scot.nhs.uk