Understanding different roles
This chapter outlines the differences between Paramedic, Pharmacist Physician Associate, Physiotherapist, and Practice Nurse roles to support supervision in Primary Care multi-professional teams. It also signposts to further resources, including the latest guidance on supervision requirements for Advanced Practice clinicians.
The chapter prompts teams to note potential challenges when supervising someone from a different role, and guidance on steps clinicians can take to become an Approved Educator in NCL.
You should read the chapter on Understanding three different types of supervision before completing this chapter.
Learning outcomes:
What are NHS England’s three types of supervision?
For each of the five key Primary Care roles (Clinical Pharmacists, Paramedics, Physician Associates, Physiotherapists, and Practice Nurses):
What are the training pathways?
What are their supervision requirements, and how do they differ for each role?
Where would you find further information?
Changes in supervision requirements for Advanced Practice clinicians (APs).
Chapter resources:
The following resources are available to share with your practice team or to support you to work through the workshop learning:
Role specific videos to support learning with your supervisees and your teams.
Workbook with exercise on providing supervision support to different roles.
Slide deck which includes signposting to key contacts and links for organisations that support different roles in practice, and guidance on what roles can provide educational supervision.
Please select from the videos below for role specific information and guidance
Paramedics
Physician Associates
Pharmacists
Physiotherapists
Practice Nurses
Additional resources
Key contacts and links for organisations
This deck signposting to key contacts and links for organisations that support different roles in practice, and guidance on what roles can provide educational supervision.
Enfield Unity PCN PA Handbook
This chapter includes an example of how both PA supervision and continued professional development has been managed in a large multi practice PCN in Enfield.
Apply for educator approval
The Training Hub manages approvals for clinicians of all roles who would like to provide educational supervision to trainees on accredited learner pathways in NCL. The NCL Faculty and Quality webpages include instructions on how to register for appropriate supervision courses, support to complete the application and details about the educator assessment workshop.