Implemented was the knowledge and skills framework (KSF) (Department of Health, 2004), outlying structured criteria employees need to meet with guidance in clinical supervision. A strength of this supervision is that it is applicable across all NHS trusts so a new graduate is aware that any application to an NHS post will deliver specific supervision …show more content…
A limitation to supervision within the private sector is that private organisations may differ in the delivery. Limited evidence is available on specific private practice supervision, unlike the transparency of the NHS, with most organisations only documenting the supervision structure briefly on company websites. Waring & Bishop (2012) undertook qualitative research exploring clinicians experiences of working in the NHS compared to private sector employment. One theme arising from the data are the differences in management (Waring and Bishop, 2012). In relation to support provided by managers in private practice, participants expressed that managers are disengaged in practice, provide minimal support to staff and are regularly absent from team meetings (Waring and Bishop, 2012). This implies that senior supervision in private organisations, in contrast with the NHS, is minimal. A limitation in relation to the research is the authors apparent desire to explore particularly revealing views of the private sector employees used in the study. Furthermore, with the researchers desire to undercover revealing views, it instigates that the author is only potentially interested in portraying unbalanced views on the private sector in relation to management and not acknowledging the wider limitations that this may depend on the company itself, and the personal behavioural traits of the individual manager