Supervision on the Scheme

We have a flexible and intuitive system for supervising pre-registration trainees. This upholds quality and patient safety whilst allowing a wider range of professionals to be involved in supervision.

Pre-reg trainees MUST update their Scheme for Registration record in My College if their practice, fee payer or principal or joint supervisor changes.

Read more about the different supervisor roles

Accepting a trainee

For a supervisor to accept a trainee, they must follow these steps:

  1. Login to the College’s website
  2. Click “My College” at the top of the page
  3. Click on the Scheme for Registration
  4. Click on Trainee
  5. Click the trainee name and accept.
Accepting a trainee guide with screenshots

Changing a supervisor or practice

If you would like to make changes to your supervision arrangements, visit the Changing your supervisor or practice page.

Frequently asked questions

Trainees can divide their supervision equally between two joint principal supervisors, as long as they both meet the principal supervisor criteria above.

Once enrolled, trainees can update their supervision arrangements in their ‘my trainee page’.

No, trainees will only need to register their principal supervisor/s with the College. Principal supervisors will need to approve all additional supervisors, and each one will need to be noted in the trainee’s logbook.

Yes, but we recommend that you plan ahead as far as possible and ensure that you have all additional supervisors listed at the beginning of the year.

Yes, however, no supervisor should be responsible for more than three trainees at one time.

There is no limit, however we recommend that principal supervisors consider how much active supervision an individual is doing for their trainee.

Yes. No supervisor should be responsible for more than three trainees at any time.

We no longer have temporary or secondary supervisors – these are replaced with the additional supervisor role. We recommend trainees have at least one of their additional supervisors signed off by their principal supervisor, as soon as they start.

We encourage trainees and supervisors to be proactive in setting up additional supervision arrangements, to avoid having to make last minute decisions in cases of unexpected illness.

If you are based in England, you can apply for an NHS England pre-registration supervisor training grant to cover some of the cost of taking on a trainee.