Clinical Supervision Special Interest Group

About

Clinical Supervision is a core component of contemporary professional mental health nursing practice and central to practicing within the ACMHN Standards of Practice for Australian Mental Health Nurses.

Mental health service employers positively support and actively promote demonstrably efficacious clinical supervision, through organisational policies, procedures, and workplace culture. All mental health nurses, and nurses working in mental health facilities,  are fully orientated to clinical supervision upon entry to the mental health workforce and thereafter engage in sustained and meaningful clinical supervision, whatever their role and wherever they practice.

Supervisors access appropriate bona fide educational preparation for this role and, whether clinical supervision is delivered in dyads or within groups. Regular systematic evaluations of the quality and efficacy of clinical supervision arrangements are undertaken at local service level.

The ACMHN undertakes to actively promote each of these positions and lobby funding agencies to consider large-scale robust programs of outcomes-related research at state and national levels, to further strengthen the evidence base of Clinical Supervision and to justify continued investment of public funds.

     

Resources 

The CS SIG provides a number of resources for people with an interest in clinical supervision.

     

Australian Clinical Supervision Association

The Australian Clinical Supervision Association is an organisation promoting the practice of clinical supervision. They provide a large number of resources that you might find useful.
     

Clinical Supervision Working Agreement

Click here to download the Clinical Supervision Working Agreement document.

Position Statement

This position statement highlights the significant benefits that Clinical Supervision offers for supervisees and organisations, and potentially for health consumers, and urges that Clinical Supervision be implemented in all settings that employ nurses.

Discussion Paper

The discussion paper discusses the importance, benefits, and implementation of clinical supervision for nurses and midwives as a structured reflective practice to enhance professional skills, improve wellbeing, and support organisational outcomes.

Effective clinical supervision poster

This poster outlines the components of effective clinical supervision: download and print out for your workplace.

How to Make the Most of the Clinical Supervisory Relationship

Download the slides of the masterclass that was presented at the International Conference in September 2022. The foundation for the masterclass was the position statement with a focus on the elements that are associated with effective clinical supervision with an aim to make these elements come to life and understand of how to make the most of the clinical supervisory relationship as a supervisee and supervisor.

Five Things Nursing: Ep 79 - Five Things About Clinical Supervision with Cathy Boyle

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Cathy Boyle to learn about clinical supervision for nurses and midwives. This may be unfamiliar to many, but Cathy, a nurse educator with decades of experience and now working in a state-wide clinical supervision project role, had everyone both informed and sold on this addition to nursing professional development and practice support. They were also joined, for the first ever in episode guest cameo, by Liz Pengelly, an emergency nurse working in rural and remote Queensland.
     

Nurse and Midwife Support Podcast: Clinical supervision with Julie Sharrock

In this episode Julie Sharrock, an experienced Credentialed Mental Health Nurse and clinical supervisor, talks about the importance of clinical supervision. Pod host Mark Aitken and Julie explore the benefits and why professional self-care as an essential form of support for nurses and midwives.

Reflective Practice Groups as a form of supervision

In this Insight webinar, Clinical Nurse Consultant Chris Dawber explores how Reflective Practice Groups can support the interpersonal aspects of caring and explore complex clinical and practice issues in a supportive group environment.

Document icon Clinical Supervision for Nurses and Midwives in Queensland

Download documents to support your professional growth through clinical supervision, including the Clinical Supervision Framework.

Clinical Supervision Research Collaborative

The Clinical Supervision Research Collaborative (CSRC) is a free meeting place, a forum, a learning hub for all those interested in advancing the practice of clinical supervision around the globe. 

Generic Supervision Assessment Tool

The Generic Supervision Assessment Tool was developed and validated for benchmarking supervisor competencies by supervisor, supervisees, and third-party assessors.

Manchester Clinical Supervision Scale© [MCSS-26©]

The MCSS-26© is a research questionnaire which can be used to evaluate the provision of clinical supervision to a variety of health/social care professions and fieldwork locations.

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