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Staff 2022/23 - Healthcare professional specialty

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Staff 2022/23

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Healthcare professional specialty


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Typefield
Short nameHSPEC
Description

This field identifies the specialty of a clinical contract

Applicable toEngland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage

All contracts where Contract.CLINICAL is coded 1, 2, 3 or 4

Valid entries and labels
CodeLabel
01Anaesthetics
02Obstetrics & Gynaecology
03Ophthalmology
04Paediatrics & Child health
05Pathology
06Psychiatry
07Radiology
08Surgery
09Physicians/Medicine
10Public health medicine
11Occupational medicine
12Dentistry
13General practice
15Infection/Microbiology
16Oncology
17Medical education
18Emergency medicine
21Others in medicine or dentistry
31Nursing
32Midwifery
33Health visiting
34Physiotherapy
35Radiography
36Occupational therapy
37Podiatry
38Speech & language therapy
39Art therapy
40Paramedic
41Orthoptics
42Prosthetics & orthotics
43Dietetics
44Healthcare scientists
45Pharmacy
46Clinical psychology
51Others
Notes

This field must be returned for staff holding an academic teaching and/or research contract with open ended/permanent or fixed-terms of employment. In addition, the contract must be assigned to one of the following HESA cost centre activities: Clinical Medicine; Clinical Dentistry; Nursing & Allied Health Professions; Psychology & Behavioural Sciences; Health & Community Studies; Anatomy & Physiology; Pharmacy & Pharmacology; Sports Science & Leisure Studies; Biosciences; Anthropology & Development Studies or Social Work & Social Policy.

This field applies to staff with clinical academic contracts and indicates the healthcare professional specialty associated with their contract of employment as issued by the HEP.

A contract can have up to three specialties.

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Part of
Field length2
Minimum occurrences0
Maximum occurrences3
Schema components
Element: HSPEC
OwnerMedical Schools Council (MSC) and Dental Schools Council (DSC)
Version1.0

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