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 TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER FAMILY HEALTH WORKER
  • ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH WORKER
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker (ATSIHW)
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH PRACTITIONER Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Practitioner
  • ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER 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 TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER 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.