Client Contact Types reference

Each Communicare speciality type is mapped to a reporting category provided by AIHW.

OSR Provider Type mapping

Communicare specialty workers are shown in uppercase below.

Table 1. Communicare to AIHW provider type mapping
Communicare Speciality	AIHW provider type
ABORIGINAL AND TSI FAMILY HEALTH WORKER ABORIGINAL AND TSI HEALTH WORKER	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker (ATSIHW)
ABORIGINAL AND TSI HEALTH PRACTITIONER	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Practitioner
ABORIGINAL AND TSI LIAISON OFFICER ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER AMBULANCE OFFICER ASSISTANT IN NURSING CHILD CARE WORKER CHRONIC CARE COORDINATOR CLINICAL ALLERGIST COMMUNITY / FAMILY REPRESENTATIVE COMMUNITY SERVICES WORKER EPIDEMIOLOGIST HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGER HEALTH PRACTICE MANAGER HEALTH PROMOTION OFFICER HOME HELP WORKER HOSPITAL SCIENTIST INTERPRETER/TRANSLATOR MEALS/FOOD SERVICES WORKER MEDICAL INTERN MEDICAL PRACTITIONER IN TRAINING MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST OTHER PROFESSION/DISCIPLINE PHARMACY TECHNICIAN PHLEBOTOMIST PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT RECREATION WORKER REGISTERED PARAMEDIC RESIDENT MEDICAL OFFICER RESIDENT MEDICAL OFFICER SONOGRAPHER TECHNICIAN THERAPIST'S ASSISTANT THERAPY AIDE VOLUNTARY WORKER	Other health / clinical staff
ABORIGINAL AND TSI MENTAL HEALTH WORKER EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL WELLBEING STAFF PSYCHOTHERAPIST TEAM. PSYCHOGERIATRIC ASSESS TEAM (PGAT) YOUTH WORKER	Social and Emotional Well Being staff \| SEWB staff other or not specified
ACUPUNCTURIST ALLIED HEALTH AIDE ALTERNATIVE THERAPIST ASTHMA EDUCATOR ATTENDANT CARER CARDIAC EDUCATOR CHIROPRACTOR CHRONIC CARE COORDINATOR COMMUNITY PARAMEDICAL DERMAL CLINICIAN DISABILITY SERVICES WORKER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST EYE HEALTH COORDINATOR HEALTH DIAGNOSIS/TREATMENT PRACTITIONER HOME CARE WORKER HOMOEOPATH MASSAGE THERAPIST MUSIC THERAPIST NATURAL THERAPY PROFESSIONAL NATUROPATH OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ORTHOTIC PROSTHETIST ORTHOTIST OSTEOPATH PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANT PHYSIOLOGIST REHABILITATION AIDE SPEECH PATHOLOGIST SPEECH THERAPIST TEAM. AGED CARE ASSESSMENT TEAM (ACAT) TEAM. MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM	Allied Health Professional \| Allied health other or not specified
ANAESTHETIST CLINICAL CYTOPATHOLOGIST CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGIST CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGIST EMERGENCY MEDICINE SPECIALIST GASTROENTEROLOGIST GERIATRICIAN GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGIST IMMUNOLOGIST INFECTIOUS DISEASES PHYSICIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES SPECIALIST INTENSIVE CARE ANAESTHETIST INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE SPECIALIST MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHER MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST NEPHROLOGIST NEUROLOGIST NEUROSURGEON NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGIST ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON ORTHOPTIST PALLIATIVE MEDICINE PHYSICIAN PATHOLOGIST PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEON PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIAN RADIATION ONCOLOGIST RADIOLOGIST RADIOTHERAPIST RESPIRATORY PHYSICIAN RHEUMATOLOGIST SEXUAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN SPECIALIST MEDICAL PRACTITIONER SPECIALIST PHYSICIAN UROLOGIST VETERINARIAN	Medical Specialist \| Specialist other or not specified
AUDIOLOGIST	Allied Health Professional \| Audiologist / audiometrist
BTH COUNSELLOR	Social and Emotional Well Being staff \| Counsellor
CARDIOLOGIST	Medical Specialist \| Cardiologist
CARDIOTHORACIC PHYSIOTHERAPIST PHYSIOTHERAPIST RESPIRATORY PHYSIOTHERAPIST	Allied Health Professional \| Physiotherapist
CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON SURGEON VASCULAR SURGEON	Medical Specialist \| Surgeon
CHILD HEALTH NURSE ENROLLED NURSE ENROLLED NURSE (MENTAL HEALTH) MOTHERCRAFT NURSE NURSE EDUCATOR NURSE MANAGER NURSE PRACTITIONER NURSE RESEARCHER REGISTERED NURSE REGISTERED NURSE (DEVT'L DISABILITY) REGISTERED NURSE (MENTAL HEALTH)	Nurses
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST PSYCHOLOGIST	Social and Emotional Well Being staff \| Psychologist
DENTAL - TECHNICIAN OR PROSTHETIST DENTAL ASSISTANT DENTAL PROSTHETIST DENTAL TECHNICIAN	Dental support (e.g. dental assistant / dental technician)
DENTAL HYGIENIST DENTAL SPECIALIST DENTAL THERAPIST DENTIST	Dentists / dental therapists
DERMATOLOGIST	Medical Specialist \| Dermatologist
DIABETES EDUCATOR	Allied Health Professional \| Diabetes educator
DIETITIAN	Allied Health Professional \| Dietician
DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELLOR SUBSTANCE MISUSE WORKER	Substance misuse / drug and alcohol worker
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALIST	Medical Specialist \| Ear Nose and Throat Specialist
ENDOCRINOLOGIST	Medical Specialist \| Endocrinologist
GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER	Doctor - General Practitioner
MIDWIFE	Midwives
OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNAECOLOGIST	Medical Specialist \| Obstetrician / Gynaecologist
OPHTHALMOLOGIST	Medical Specialist \| Ophthalmologist
OPTOMETRIST	Allied Health Professional \| Optometrist
PAEDIATRICIAN	Medical Specialist \| Paediatrician
PHARMACIST	Allied Health Professional \| Pharmacist
PODIATRIST	Allied Health Professional \| Podiatrist
PSYCHIATRIST	Medical Specialist \| Psychiatrist/Psychiatric Register
RENAL MEDICINE SPECIALIST	Medical Specialist \| Renal Medicine Specialist
SEXUAL HEALTH WORKER	Sexual health worker
SMOKING CESSATION COORDINATOR SMOKING CESSATION OFFICER	Tobacco worker / coordinator
SOCIAL WORKER	Social and Emotional Well Being staff \| Social Worker
TRADITIONAL HEALER	Traditional healer
TRANSPORT WORKER	Transport worker
WELFARE WORKER	Social and Emotional Well Being staff \| Welfare Worker

Note: Any other speciality types that may be added from time to time will be mapped to ‘Other health / clinical staff’ unless there is a clear mapping available. In some cases, this may be a temporary mapping pending a decision from the AIHW as to the preferred grouping.