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 eLearning For Healthcare modules, as follows:
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
The eLearning should take approximately four hours for Named Clinical and Project Supervisors, and approximately eight hours for Educational Supervisors
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
Steps to obtain recognition
Prospective Educational Supervisors (ES) and Named Clinical (CS) or Public Health Project Supervisors (PS) must follow the process outlined below:
STEP 1 – Complete one of the training options listed above.
STEP 2 – The potential ES/CS/PS must submit their eLearning course activity report to england.PDU.WX@nhs.net, to prove they have completed the relevant training.
STEP 3 – Await confirmation of Wessex and GMC recognition.
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.
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.