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Staff Record 2014/15 - Healthcare professional specialty

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Staff Record 2014/15

Fields required from institutions in Northern Ireland

Healthcare professional specialty


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valid entries
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 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.

Business rules
1(Error)

Contract.HSPEC must exist where Contract.CLINICAL = 1, 2, 3 or 4.

2(Error)

Contract.HSPEC must not exist where Contract.CLINICAL is not equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4.

3(Error)

Where there is more than one occurrence of Contract.HSPEC they must not be identical.

Reason required

To monitor the number of staff working in higher education providers (HEPs) with particular clinical specialties

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