Adding Pharmacists

Pharmacists are usually Supplementary Prescribers. They can prescribe from a wide formulary and print prescriptions. They have access to shared patient records and patients in their care are treated as partners, involved in all stages in decision making, including whether part of their care is delivered via supplementary prescribing. There are no legal restrictions on the clinical conditions which supplementary prescribers may treat, though they are most likely to be dealing with long-term medication conditions such as asthma, diabetes or CHD.

To add a Pharmacist to Vision 3:

1. From Control Panel, select File Maintenance and then Staff , or the Staff tab.
2. Now, select either Add , or right click Active and select Add Staff.

3. Complete the Personal tab:

   • Mandatory information:

     • Surname (up to 30 characters).
     • Forename1 (up to 30 characters).
     • Title - Select as appropriate.
     • Sex.
     • Short Name - This is a mandatory entry, up to 5 characters, and is a short way to identify this staff member.

   • Optional information:

     • Preferred Name.
     • Forename 2.
     • DoB.
     • Previous Surname.
     • Vaild From/Valid To - Enter dates if relevant.
     • Inactive - Tick to indicate the nurse is no longer active, and no longer appears on selection lists of active users, see Inactivating a User for details.
     • Miles from practice - For travel expenses, to record the number of miles the staff member is from the practice. Leave blank rather than entering zero.
4. Select the Professional tab and complete the following:
   • Role - Select Pharmacist.
   • Supplementary Prescriber - Tick.
   • Prescribing No:
     • Enter the pharmacist's RPSGB code.
       • In England the format is NNANNNNA where N is a number and A is a letter, for example,12A3456B.
       • In Scotland, the prescribing number is a 5 character alphabetic field (AAAAA); the first is the Health Board cipher, the second two are the unique identifier for the pharmacist, and the last two identify the practice.
       • In Wales all supplementary prescribers (nurse or pharmacists) should have a HSW registration number entered, this is printed on the bottom of prescriptions. This is in addition to the Prescribing Number which also prints 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 S followed by six digits. Non-SPs in Wales do not have a HSW Registration Number. If the prescriber is permitted to issue private controlled drug prescriptions, then a private controlled drug code must be entered in Identifiers - Add - Identifier Type.
       • In Northern Ireland, you can enter a 4 or 5 digit code.

5. Select OK to save.