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Clinical Supervision
If you are a clinician working within Sydney Local Health District you have access to group supervision as part of your professional and personal development.
What is Group Supervision
Group Supervision for Clinicians is a process where a small number of staff (usually 6 -10 members) meet with a facilitator to reflect on clinical and professional practice. Participants have the opportunity both to reflect on the complex human and ethical issues within the workplace as well as provide support for one another. Overall, this can help improve the wellbeing of participants as well as impacting positively on patient care.
Sessions last 60-90 minutes and occur on a monthly basis.
Benefits
The benefits of Group Supervision include increased self-awareness, development of knowledge and confidence, effective problem-solving and decision-making skills, promotion of best practice, increased job satisfaction, reduction in professional isolation, work related stress and emotional fatigue.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Managers are not advised of the content of the sessions.
The only exception to this is where the supervisor has concerns regarding safety or mandatory reporting requirements. This is rare and would always be discussed with the individual first.
Rules around confidentiality are discussed as part of the group supervision agreement process at the first session.
There is no documentation of session content by supervisor or supervisees.
There is no limit to how many sessions an individual can attend or how long a group may want to continue. We would recommend that you only belong to one group.
No.
Supervision focuses on a reflective process, with the aim to explore thoughts, emotions, and behaviour. This exploration is then used to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of these on work performance, staff, and patient wellbeing, including lessons learnt for similar situations in the future.
You should come to the session with an idea or topic that you would like to discuss. You will then get support and feedback from the other participants to help you gain a deeper understanding of this.
Yes.
Group supervision can benefit all clinicians. At present the majority of our groups are nursing and midwifery but there are lots of opportunities to expand this to other disciplines.