Becoming a supervisor

It is mandatory for all Educational Supervisors (ES) and Named Clinical (CS) or Public Health Project Supervisors (PS) to undergo training for their roles. This can be completed in several ways:

Option 1 – by completing the NHS England WT&E Wessex Educator Development: Induction for ES and NCS course, to acquire the necessary skills they require to train doctors in postgraduate training, and gain GMC supervisor recognition for five years. See below on how to take part.

Option 2 – by completing ES and NCS training provided by another NHS England WT&E local office.

Option 3 – by completing equivalent training from one of the royal colleges

Option 1 – Educator Development: Induction for ES and NCS Course

The induction course is currently being completed in two parts: 

This provides potential new ES/CS with the theory. It should take approximately eight hours. We appreciate everyone has a different baseline of knowledge and skills, and therefore the advantage of working through the courses online means delegates can spend more time on the areas where their knowledge and skills are limited, and less time on those aspects in which they have the appropriate level.

The e-Learning should take approximately four hours for a Named Clinical or Project Supervisor, and approximately eight hours for an Educational Supervisor. Depending on previous experience and knowledge it could take longer. 

This provides the opportunity to embed the theory into practice, through small group discussion with experienced ES/CS course facilitators.

Process

Prospective Educational Supervisors (ES) and Named Clinical (CS) or Public Health Project Supervisors (PS) must follow the process outlined below (please expand each step for full details):

Book onto an ‘Educator Development – Induction for ES and NCS’ event via the Accent Course Manager (ACM) system. When booking, please search for course title in the Course/Conference search field. If you have not yet registered as a user with the Wessex system, please do so before booking your place on the course.

For further booking assistance, please contact england.PDU.WX@nhs.net

Register with https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/ (see https://support.e-lfh.org.uk/get-started/registration/ for help)
Refer to the e-Learning modules document for further instructions

Delegates do not need to undertake all the courses within the e-Learning for Health folder – only those outlined for their role (in the above document) must be completed.

The e-Learning should take approximately four hours for a Named Clinical or Project Supervisor, and approximately eight hours for an Educational Supervisor. Depending on previous experience and knowledge it could take longer. 

The potential ES/CS/PS must submit their e-Learning course activity report to england.PDU.WX@nhs.net, before attending the group-learning session (to prove they have completed the relevant training and not just skipped through each slide… we all do it!). 

The facilitators will use this pre-session learning to tailor the discussions/group-learning.  

The potential ES/CS/PS must attend and actively engage in all the group-learning to be signed off by the facilitators.

The group-learning session facilitators will confirm to england.PDU.WX@nhs.net that each participant has actively engaged in the session (providing there has been active engagement).

The Wessex PDU team will notify the Wessex Quality Team that the potential ES/CS/PS has completed their e-Learning and attended/engaged in a group-learning session.

On a monthly basis the quality team will notify trust education teams the details of those who have completed the course. The trust will then add the new supervisor’s details to their trust database.

For further information, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions document. 

Option 2 – 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.