Add the National Health Services Directory (NHSD) Identifier

The National Health Services Directory (NHSD) is an initiative of all Australian Governments to provide a comprehensive and consolidated national directory of health service and provider information.

Detailed steps:

Step 1

From the Your Organisations screen:

1. Click on the name of the Healthcare Service the NHSD Identifier is to be added for.

Step 2

1. On the Healthcare Service screen, next to the NHSD Identifier, a notification will appear that says, “Action Required: Add Identifier from the NHSD Service”.

2. Click anywhere on the NHSD Identifier row to view the drop-down box.

Step 3

1. Click on the Add NHSD Identifier button.

Step 4

On the Find NHSD Identifier screen:

1. Provide the criteria you wish to search on.

2. Click the Search NHSD Healthcare Service button.

Next: A NHSD search results list is displayed.

Step 5

On the NHSD search results list:

1. Select the NHSD healthcare service that matches your healthcare service.

2. On the expanded record, select the Add this NHSD Identifier button.

The Healthcare Service screen is displayed.

Step 6

1. On the Healthcare Service screen, view the NHSD Identifier that has been included against your healthcare service.

Note: If you want to remove the NHSD Identifier, click the Remove NHSD Identifier button.

Continue to next step: Publish healthcare service information and practitioner details