National Clinical Supervision Competency Resource developed by Health Workforce Australia


HWA have recently released the National Clinical Supervision Competency Resource resource to:

  • Support clinical supervision across all locations and health care provider disciplines.
  • Establish a consistent and transparent approach to the provision of quality clinical supervision.
  • Provide a benchmark against which organisations can assess investments in clinical supervision training.
  • Provide a benchmark for clinical supervision performance.
  • Provide the basis for the development of self assessment tools to enable supervisors to identify training needs and to confirm and/or further develop competency.
  • Provide for greater uniformity in the content and quality of clinical supervisors’ competency.
  • Provide clarity to the organisation, deployment and management of clinical supervision resources.
  • Promote interprofessional team learning of clinical competencies.
  • Foster a reflective approach to personal and professional practice.

The document provides information about the three domains that were identified as fundamental for competent clinical supervision.  These are clinical supervision, safety and quality in clinical supervision and organisation. Within each of the domains there are elements that describe the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviour required to meet the standard. These are framed within three categories titled as foundation, intermediate and advanced performance. There are performance indicators to describe each of these elements. These provide guidance for the level of development of competency in clinical supervision. The principles of clarity, quality and culture were used for guiding the development of the resource and these are provided in the appendix of the document.

Following the aims of HWA this resource is planned to support clinical supervisors and assist with guiding the development of a competent health practitioner workforce. The validation phase is currently being undertaken and includes a pilot project to demonstrate practical application of the resource. The development of self-assessment tools is planned as part of the project.  These tools will facilitate clinical supervisors to identify their learning needs and their assessment against the ANMC competency standards.
The standards provide clear information about what is expected as a beginning level clinical supervisor and the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviour of an advanced practitioner. It does enable standardisation of the role and provides clarity about expected and function of supervisors of students within the work integrated learning environment. Clinical supervisors will have the opportunity to demonstrate their competence using these standards which will be useful for registration with AHPRA. Additionally, with the development and publication of the standards indicates the acknowledgement of the specialty of professional experience or clinical supervision. It provides evidence of the complex role and function required to safely nurture students to novice registered practitioner. The domains ‘name up’ the skill set required to be a clinical supervisor, in addition to being a competent registered practitioner I urge you to read the document and consider how you are performing against these standards.

If you have any comments about the development of these standards, you are welcome to post them here.

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