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Governance and clinicalsupervisionIn addition to structures and support within Local HealthDistricts, there are a number of organisations involvedin the governance of oral health practitioners in NSWand in providing guidance for clinical supervision.The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency(AHPRA) and the Dental Board of Australia (DBA)share responsibility for the governance of Oral Healthpractitioners across Australia.The New South Wales Registration Committee supportsthe DBA at a state level.The DBA has produced guidelines for supervision ofdental practitioners who:Complaint or concern about a clinicianGuidelines for managing complaints and concernsabout oral health practitioners in NSW can be foundon the NSW Health website.Complaint or Concern about a Clinician – Principlesfor Action – describes the principles for managingcomplaints or concern regarding all clinicians andoutlines the roles and responsibilities for ensuring allcomplaints or concerns are managed.Available here.Complaint or Concern about a Clinician – ManagementGuidelines – sets out an operational frameworkfor the use of public health organisations when dealingwith a complaint or concern about an individual clinician.Available here.What is clinical supervision?• are returning to practice after an absence,in accordance with the Dental Board’s recencyof practice registration standard;• have a condition on their registration or who haveentered into an undertaking that requires supervision;• make a significant change to a different field or scopeof practice;• hold a type of limited registration where supervisionis a requirement of registration.These guidelines and templates for supervision plansand reports are available here.This Oral Health Superguide does not replacemandated supervisory guidelines.The NSW Health Policy Directive for Practice Oversightof Dental Therapists, Dental Hygienists & Oral HealthTherapists in NSW is a useful reference for specificguidelines relating to these oral health practitioners.This document includes tools and forms to assessand review performance across core areas of clinicalpractice and additional areas of competency.It can be found here.FIRST EDITIONHETI The Superguide19