‘Enhancing nursing practice in New Zealand through Clinical Supervision, Professional Mentoring and Nursing Education’.
Welcome to my Professional/Clinical Supervision & Nursing Education website. I work from my home office in Christchurch and also offer Zoom, FaceTime and phone consultations. I provide all my services nationwide, and have many clients whom I have never met in person.
- Registered Nurse
- Professional Supervisor
- Nurse Educator
- Study Coach
- NP (pathway) mentor
It is my pleasure to offer Professional Supervision, or more historically named, Clinical Supervision to nurses that wish to improve their practice, problem-solve issues within practice, and those who want to grow professionally in an expediential manner.
I work closely although not exclusively, with nurses. My nursing background is in Medical and Surgical Nursing. I have a strong educational background also, having worked for seven years as a Nurse Lecturer, during which time I gained my Masters Degree, and more recently Professional Supervision and Coaching training. Furthermore I have had widespread Clinical and Operational roles in practice. It is on this basis then, that I offer Professional Supervision, Nursing Education and Study Coaching for nurses.
In the past five years my Supervision Practice has included mentoring and supporting nurses on the Nurse Practitioner pathway. I have provided educational, directional and emotional support for NP trainees (refer to NP testimonials).Of late, I am developing my supervision and mentoring practice to include mental health and wellbeing support. To this end I am currently training to be a counsellor to further enhance the support I can provide to nurses/clients from all areas of practice.
ESTHER VALLANCE
RcpN BN MA (Hons)
Certificate in Adult Teaching
Certificate in Counselling – in progress
“My experiences working with Esther in supervision sessions have been positive, insightful, and definitely a benefit to my professional practice. It is lovely to talk things through with her and take a look at work situations from different angles, often this leads to new understandings and inspiration to try new ways of approaching things. I regard supervision as a vastly useful tool and Esther to be a wonderfully supportive person who brings warmth and wisdom to the sessions.”
— Wendy, 2021