To answer your questions, there are two sections of the NSRP Supervision Handbook that are relevant to the matter you have raised.
I have included them below.
If the Candidate’s onsite supervisor is a non-psychologist, the Candidate must havenanother psychologist available for collegial support and consultation aboutnworkplace matters, in addition to his/her NSRP Supervisor.””Employer Contact should be completed by the Supervisor as part of their assessment of thenCandidate’s progress at least once a year. In reports, we sometimes encounter statements such asn”There was employer contact.” A few more details, such as the nature of the feedback providednwould be helpful in adding to our appraisal of the candidate, such as “The Supervisor contactednthe Candidates employer and received positive feedback regarding the candidate’s professionalnpresentation”. It is recognized that in the past, it was more likely than today that an employer ornmanager would be a psychologist who could comment on the psychological practice of ancandidate. However, non-psychologist employers or managers should be able to comment onnprofessionalism, interpersonal ability, work ethic, and feedback received from clients.
In January 2019 the Supervisor’s Reports was revised to include a section which should make itneasier for supervisors and the NSRP to track the date of last Employer Contact.”What you have outlined below would be acceptable provided there is a manager onsite who can comment on your “professionalism, interpersonal ability, work ethic, and feedback received from clients.” and you have a “psychologist available for collegial support and consultation about workplace matters, in addition to his/her NSRP Supervisor.”It is definitely positive that you have a psychologist from Ontario available, but it would be good to have a backup NS psychologist, in addition to your NSRP supervisor, who is used to NSRP and NS requirements for practice in addition to your NSRP Supervisor and the ON Psychologist. Therefore, if you could confirm that your “consultations with multiple psychologists through my job at NS health” would be able to provide support to you in the private practice would be helpful information for NSRP to know.
If you could augment your plans to include what we have noted above, then the arrangement would be acceptable.
We expect that the professional liability insurance you purchase would be adequate for practice in private practice, but you may wish to discuss this with the insurance broker to confirm.
