SHORTAGE OCCUPATIONS

This is an official list of shortage occupations. The government recognises that qualified personnel are in exceptionally short supply for these roles. The dearth of skilled personnel in these areas is accepted as being so severe that recruitment efforts would be a futile exercise. If an individual qualifies by the government's standards to do a job from the list below, there is also no real question over whether or not the job, or the person, meets the skills threshold.

Engineering Shortage Occupations:

Transportation and highways engineers:

The candidate must have a transport related degree or a degree with at least 2 years relevant experience from a civil background for jobs that are listed below.

Traffic Engineer or Transport Planner

Highways Design Engineer or Highways Planning Engineer

Ground Engineering:

Geoenvironmental Engineer

Geotechnical Engineer

Geological Advisor

Geological Analyst

Geological Associate

Geological Engineer

Geologist / Hydrogeologist

Geology / Reservoir Engineer

Geomechanics Engineer

Geophysical Specialist

Geophysicist

Geoscientist

Geosupport Engineer

Engineering Geologist

Ground Engineer

Contaminated Land Specialist

Other:

CAA Licensed Aircraft Engineers

Overhead Electricity Linesworkers

Healthcare shortage occupations:

Doctors:

Salaried GP's

Dentists:

Consultants in Paediatric Dentistry

Consultants in Dental Specialities

Consultant posts in the following specialist areas:

Accident and Emergency

Additional Dental Specialities

Anaesthetics

Cardiology

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Chemical Pathology

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Clinical Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics

Clinical Neurophysiology

Clinical Oncology

Clinical Radiology

Dermatology

Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus

Endodentics

Forensic Psychiatry

Gastroenterology

General Adult Psychiatry

General Internal Medicine

General Surgery

Genito-urinary medicine

Geriatric Medicine

Haematology

Histopathology

Immunology

Infectious Diseases

Intensive Care Medicine

Medical Microbiology & Virology

Medical Oncology

Neurology

Neurosurgery

Nuclear Medicine

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Occupational Health

Old Age Psychiatry

Opthalmology

Oral & Maxillo-facial Surgery

Orthodontics

Otolaryngology

Paediatric Cardiology

Paediatrics

Palliative Medicine

Plastic Surgery

Psychiatry of Learning Disabilities

Psychotherapy

Public Health Medicine

Rehabilitation Medicine

Renal Medicine

Respiratory Medicine

Rheumatology

Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery

Urology

General:

Audiologist

Audiological scientist

Clinical Psychologist

Dietician

Occupational Therapist

Pharmacists

Pharmacy Technician

Speech and Language Therapist

Social Worker

Biomedical Scientist / Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer (MLSO)

Qualified HPC registered Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiographers, including ultrasonographers

Nurses:

Midwives
Registered Nurse employed or engaged at Band 7 or 8 of Agenda for Change or their Independant sector equivalents.

Registered Nurse employed or engaged in the following specialities:

Audiology
Sleep / Respiratory Physiology
Neurophysiology
Cardiac Physiology
Operating Theatre Nurse
Clinical Radiology
Pathology
Critical Care (nurses working in wards with a Level 2 or 3 classification).

Other shortage occupations:

Actuaries

Teachers - All posts in England covering compulsory schooling

Teachers - All posts in Scotland covering compulsory schooling

Veterinary Surgeon

Chartered Quantity Surveyors