Staff Identifiers – for a Nurse

Select the Identifiers tab.

• NMC PIN (previously UKCC PIN) can be entered for each nurse. Select Add. In Identifier Type, select NMC PIN. Leave Organisation blank. in Identifier Value, enter the code. Click OK.
• If the nurse prescriber is permitted to issue private controlled drug prescriptions, then a private controlled drug code must be entered in Identifiers - Add - IdentifierType.

• PCD code in England has the format 6AAAAA (eg 6ABCDE)
• IPC code in Wales PNNNNNN, eg P123456. This includes nurse SPs and IPs in England, IPs in Wales, and SPs and IPs in Northern Ireland.
• Nurses in Scotland are not permitted.

• All supplementary prescribers in Wales (nurse or pharmacists) should have a HSW registration number entered in Vision so this will be printed on the bottom of prescriptions. This is in addition to the Prescribing Number which is also printed on the prescription (on the same line as the supplementary prescriber's name). The HSW registration number should be entered in Add Identifiers. In Identifier Type, select HSW Registration Number. Organisation is greyed out. In Identifier Value, enter the HSW Registration Number, the format for which is followed by six digits.