Evaluation refers to a predesigned procedure for providing regular feedback structured around agreed-on goals. Specific components include: constructive criticism balanced with encouragement, regular feedback (Henderson, Cawyer, & Watkins, 1999), articulation of shared expectations and mutual goals for the supervision and relationship (Leddick & Dye, 1987), and constructive confrontation (Gandolfo & Brown, 1987; Henderson et al., 1999; Miller & Oetting, 1966); (Falender & Shafranske, 2004).
The term ‘clinical supervision’ is sometimes used in the sense of the everyday supervision of a trainee’s performance. Clinical supervision according to ‘The Gold Guide’ to specialty training (Department of Health, 2007) involves being available, …show more content…
Community Health and Care is committed to providing clinical supervision to nurses and allied healthcare professionals to support the provision and maintenance of high-quality care. The evaluating clinical supervision in community base serving the society with quality health care. This paper provides discussion of the importance of clinical supervision in the community settings. It is based upon a small qualitative study whose aim was to examine how clinical supervision in the community was …show more content…
Despite this there is some consistency in the broad outcomes that community health services may anticipate from developing and implementing a structured program of clinical supervision. These include: 1. Ongoing Education and Professional Development, The clinical supervision relationship provides an opportunity to meet the specific learning needs of individual clinicians. The process allows for these needs to be met in a manner which is tailored to their level of knowledge, learning style, maturity and professional development. 2. Workplace Support, Clinicians capacity to deal with job related stress and develop the positive attitudes and feelings required to function effectively in the workplace, can be enhanced through clinical supervision. 3. Workforce Retention, Retaining a skilled workforce is a high priority in community health services. Clinical supervision can play a key role in improving job satisfaction and contributing to the development and retention of a skilled workforce. 4. Monitoring and Improving Clinical Service Delivery, Clinical supervision allows for the monitoring, review and evaluation of the supervisees clinical practice. Well administered systems and processes ensure that areas of concern are raised and responded to appropriately. Clinical supervision also allows