Supervisor role & responsibilities

The role of a supervisor is to monitor, assess, and support the supervised physician as they work towards long-term licensure. Supervisors play an important part in ensuring access to high-quality patient care for Nova Scotians.

Supervisors must:

• assess a physician’s practice
• ensure the practice meets care expectations
• establish and maintain a professional relationship with the Defined licensee
• act as an agent of the College
• be familiar with the supervised physician’s Licensing Agreement
• advise the College of concerns
• report on the supervised physician’s performance to the College
• immediately notify the College Registrar if there are imminent patient safety concerns
• advise the Registrar if the supervised physician stops practicing in a Health Zone
• inform the College in advance if intending to withdraw from supervision

The College will notify the Supervisor if there is a College complaint regarding the supervised physician.

Eligibility

To be eligible to be a Supervisor, a physician must:

• have a Full licence, Academic licence, or Defined licence on sponsor-only oversight
• have a minimum of two years in practice
• be approved by the Sponsor
• be approved by the College
• be engaged in a similar scope of practice as the Supervised physician
• practice in the same geographic area as the Supervised physician unless otherwise approved by the Registrar