<status value="active" /> <date value="2026-04-16" /> <publisher value="NHS England" /> <contact> <name value="NHS England" /> <telecom> <system value="email" /> <value value="interoperabilityteam@nhs.net" /> <use value="work" /> <rank value="1" /> </telecom> </contact> <description value="This profile defines the Genomics constraints and extensions on the UK Core FHIR resource [PractitionerRole](https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/UKCore-PractitionerRole)." /> <purpose value="PractitionerRole resources SHOULD be used where information about both a practitioner and their role within a specific organization is required, e.g. as the ServiceRequest.requestor. References to Practitioner and Organization resources SHOULD only be made via identifier, rather than appending Practitioner and Organization resources to test order bundles. Issues with referencing via identifier SHOULD be reported to the NHS England Genomics Unit for investigation." /> <copyright value="Copyright © 2026+ NHS England Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the \\\"License\\\"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an \\\"AS IS\\\" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. HL7® FHIR® standard Copyright © 2011+ HL7 The HL7® FHIR® standard is used under the FHIR license. You may obtain a copy of the FHIR license at https://www.hl7.org/fhir/license.html." /> <fhirVersion value="4.0.1" /> <kind value="resource" /> <abstract value="false" /> <type value="PractitionerRole" /> <baseDefinition value="https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/StructureDefinition/UKCore-PractitionerRole" /> <derivation value="constraint" /> <differential> <element id="PractitionerRole.identifier"> <path value="PractitionerRole.identifier" /> <definition value="Preferrably the user's SDS Role Profile ID" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.practitioner"> <path value="PractitionerRole.practitioner" /> <definition value="SHALL be present. Users SHOULD reference practitioners using an appropriate naming system as defined within the NHS England IG , this has been copied below for convenience. Display name MAY be included to aid readability and verification of included identifiers. Note: The SDS User Id is the preferred identifier naming scheme and SHOULD be sourced from NHS Identity (SmartCard), this is also held within the Spine Directory Service LDAP database. Where the SDS User ID cannot be obtained, or is not applicable for the healthcare worker, one of the professional codes MAY be used." /> <min value="1" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.practitioner.reference"> <path value="PractitionerRole.practitioner.reference" /> <max value="0" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.practitioner.identifier"> <path value="PractitionerRole.practitioner.identifier" /> <min value="1" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.organization"> <path value="PractitionerRole.organization" /> <definition value="SHALL be present. Users SHOULD reference organizations using an ODS code. Display name MAY be included to aid readability and verification of included identifiers. Requester ODS codes SHOULD use the lowest level site code rather than trust code (most granular code available) where possible, to aid contact retrieval." /> <min value="1" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.organization.reference"> <path value="PractitionerRole.organization.reference" /> <max value="0" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.organization.identifier"> <path value="PractitionerRole.organization.identifier" /> <min value="1" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.specialty"> <path value="PractitionerRole.specialty" /> <definition value="The specialty field SHOULD be used to record department for the requesting clinician, issues with the use of this field, including issues with the [bound UK Core ValueSet](https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/CodeSystem/UKCore-PracticeSettingCode) not representing certain departments SHOULD be reported to the NHS England Genomics Unit" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.location"> <path value="PractitionerRole.location" /> <max value="0" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.healthcareService"> <path value="PractitionerRole.healthcareService" /> <max value="1" /> <type> <code value="Reference" /> <aggregation value="referenced" /> <aggregation value="bundled" /> </type> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.telecom"> <path value="PractitionerRole.telecom" /> <definition value="The telecom field SHOULD be used to record contact details for the practitioner. For central mailboxes, e.g. those used for providing reports back to the requester, these SHOULD be marked with an appropriate 'contactpoint-comment' extension. Additionally, where are there multiple Practitioners involved in providing care, the contact details for each Practitioners for that location (or service) SHOULD be specified." /> <min value="1" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.telecom.extension:contactPointComment"> <path value="PractitionerRole.telecom.extension" /> <sliceName value="contactPointComment" /> <type> <code value="Extension" /> <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/contactpoint-comment" /> </type> <isModifier value="false" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.availableTime"> <path value="PractitionerRole.availableTime" /> <max value="0" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.notAvailable"> <path value="PractitionerRole.notAvailable" /> <max value="0" /> </element> <element id="PractitionerRole.availabilityExceptions"> <path value="PractitionerRole.availabilityExceptions" /> <max value="0" /> </element> </differential> </StructureDefinition>