OCCUPATION CODE (CLINICAL SECOND SPECIALTY)

OCCUPATION CODE (CLINICAL SECOND SPECIALTY) is the secondary specialty NHS OCCUPATION CODE of a CONSULTANT.

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Description

OCCUPATION CODE (CLINICAL SECOND SPECIALTY) is the same as attribute NHS OCCUPATION CODE.

OCCUPATION CODE (CLINICAL SECOND SPECIALTY) is the secondary specialty NHS OCCUPATION CODE of a CONSULTANT.

The medical and dental specialty NHS OCCUPATION CODES are currently used exclusively for National Workforce and Electronic Staff Record purposes.

Note: these codes are not the same as those used for MAIN SPECIALTY CODE.

A second clinical specialty NHS OCCUPATION CODE is added to a CONSULTANT or Specialist's record where the doctor's primary (main) specialty is 'General Medicine'.

Note that Specialty codes for a doctor with an NHS OCCUPATION CODE of 021 General Surgery, or in the NHS OCCUPATION CODE range of 920 to 980 Community and Public Health Medicine/Dentistry, are not valid as a second clinical specialty.

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This data element is also known by these names:

Context Alias
Plural OCCUPATION CODES (CLINICAL SECOND SPECIALTY)