It is mandatory for all Educational Supervisors (ES) and Named Clinical (CS) or Public Health Project Supervisors (PS) to undergo training for their roles. The training can be undertaken in a number of ways:
Option 1 – by completing the NHS England eLearning For Healthcare modules, as follows:
New supervisors to complete eLearning for health mandatory online training. Register with https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/ (see https://support.e-lfh.org.uk/get-started/registration/ for help). Then choose:
- 1. Programmes
- 2. Educator Training Resources (ETR)
- 3. Under ‘Available to all’ click access ‘here’
- 4. Click ‘View’
- 5. Complete those modules listed as applicable for your role (modules to be added)
On completion of the eLearning the certificates need to be sent to your trust local medical education team and the team will add you to their supervisor database.
It is strongly recommended that an individual should also attend an ES introductory course. (this maybe in house, college based or from a recognised outside provider), it is up to DMEs to decide the requirements for their trust, but the above eLearning must be completed first.
Public Health supervisors should return to england.quality.wx@nhs.net.
Option 2 – by completing ES and NCS training provided by another NHS England WT&E local office
If a new supervisor to Wessex has completed training in another NHS England WT&E region, they should contact their trust’s education team with details of when and where the training was completed along with a copy of their certificate.
Option 3 – by completing equivalent training from one of the royal colleges.
Wessex recognises the following courses, supervisors should contact their trust’s education team with details of when and where the training was completed along with a copy of their certificate.
- British Orthopaedic Association – Training Orthopaedic Educational Supervisors (TOES) course
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health – ‘Effective Educational Supervision’ course, to meet the requirements for Educational Supervisor induction (not clinical supervisor)
- Royal College of Surgeons of England – ‘Excellence in Surgical Supervision’ course, to meet the requirements for Educational Supervisor induction
- Royal College of Psychiatrists https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/conferences/detail/2024/04/16/default-calendar/clinical-and-educational-supervisor-training-april-2024
- Miad Health Clinical Supervision workshop
- Royal College of Physicians – Educational supervision workshop and accreditation
Note: Once your details have been added to the database, your email will be used to communicate information by the NHSE quality team and your organisation relating to renewals, supervisor activities, and surveys such as GMC NTS and NHSE NETS.