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.
| Communicare Speciality | AIHW provider type |
|---|---|
|
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker (ATSIHW) |
| ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH PRACTITIONER | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Practitioner |
|
Other health / clinical staff |
|
Social and Emotional Well Being staff | SEWB staff other or not specified |
|
Allied Health Professional | Allied health other or not specified |
|
Medical Specialist | Specialist other or not specified |
| AUDIOLOGIST | Allied Health Professional | Audiologist / audiometrist |
|
Social and Emotional Well Being staff | Counsellor |
| CARDIOLOGIST | Medical Specialist | Cardiologist |
|
Allied Health Professional | Physiotherapist |
|
Medical Specialist | Surgeon |
|
Nurses |
|
Social and Emotional Well Being staff | Psychologist |
|
Dental support (e.g. dental assistant / dental technician) |
|
Dentists / dental therapists |
| DERMATOLOGIST | Medical Specialist | Dermatologist |
| DIABETES EDUCATOR | Allied Health Professional | Diabetes educator |
| DIETITIAN | Allied Health Professional | Dietician |
|
Substance misuse / drug and alcohol worker |
| EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALIST | Medical Specialist | Ear Nose and Throat Specialist |
| ENDOCRINOLOGIST | Medical Specialist | Endocrinologist |
|
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 |
|
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.
OSR to Communicare reverse mappings
| OSR contact type | Communicare Speciality |
|---|---|
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker (ATSIHW) | ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH WORKER, ABORIGINAL FAMILY HEALTH WORKER |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Practitioner | ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH PRACTITIONER |
| Dental support (e.g. dental assistant / dental technician) | DENTAL - TECHNICIAN OR PROSTHETIST, DENTAL ASSISTANT, DENTAL PROSTHETIST, DENTAL TECHNICIAN |
| Dentists / dental therapists | DENTAL HYGIENIST, DENTAL SPECIALIST, DENTAL THERAPIST, DENTIST |
| Doctor - General Practitioner |
|
| Midwives | MIDWIFE |
| Nurses | CHILD HEALTH NURSE, ENROLLED NURSE, ENROLLED NURSE (MENTAL HEALTH), MOTHERCRAFT NURSE, NURSE EDUCATOR, NURSE MANAGER, NURSE PRACTITIONER, NURSE RESEARCHER, REGISTERED NURSE, REGISTERED NURSE (DEVTL DISABILITY)¸REGISTERED NURSE (MENTAL HEALTH) |
| Other health / clinical staff | ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER LIAISON OFFICER, ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT WORKER, AMBULANCE OFFICER, ASSISTANT IN NURSING, CHILDCARE WORKER, CLERICAL / ADMINISTRATIVE WORKER, CLINICAL ALLERGIST, COMMUNITY / FAMILY REPRESENTATIVE, COMMUNITY SERVICES WORKER, DAY CARE 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, SONOGRAPHER, TECHNICIAN, THERAPIST'S ASSISTANT, THERAPY AIDE, VOLUNTARY WORKER |
| Sexual health worker | SEXUAL HEALTH WORKER |
| Substance misuse / drug and alcohol worker | DRUG AND ALCOHOL COUNSELLOR, SUBSTANCE MISUSE WORKER |
| Tobacco worker / coordinator | SMOKING CESSATION COORDINATOR, SMOKING CESSATION OFFICER |
| Traditional healer | TRADITIONAL HEALER |
| Transport worker | TRANSPORT WORKER |
| OSR specialist type | Communicare Speciality |
|---|---|
| Cardiologist | CARDIOLOGIST |
| Dermatologist | DERMATOLOGIST |
| Ear Nose and Throat Specialist | EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALIST |
| Endocrinologist | ENDOCRINOLOGIST |
| Obstetrician / Gynaecologist | OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNAECOLOGIST |
| Ophthalmologist | OPHTHALMOLOGIST |
| Paediatrician | PAEDIATRICIAN |
| Psychiatrist/Psychiatric Register | PSYCHIATRIST |
| Renal Medicine Specialist | RENAL MEDICINE SPECIALIST |
| Specialist 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 |
| Surgeon | CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON, SURGEON, VASCULAR SURGEON |
| OSR specialist type | Communicare Speciality |
|---|---|
| Counsellor |
|
| Psychologist | CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, PSYCHOLOGIST, NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST |
| SEWB staff other or not specified | ABORIGINAL MENTAL HEALTH WORKER, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL WELLBEING STAFF, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, TEAM. PSYCHOGERIATRIC ASSESS TEAM (PGAT), YOUTH WORKER |
| Social Worker | SOCIAL WORKER |
| Welfare Worker | WELFARE WORKER |
| OSR specialist type | Communicare Speciality |
|---|---|
| Allied health 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, TEAM. AGED CARE ASSESSMENT TEAM (ACAT), TEAM. MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM |
| Diabetes educator | DIABETES EDUCATOR |
| Dietician | DIETITIAN |
| Optometrist | OPTOMETRIST |
| Pharmacist | PHARMACIST |
| Physiotherapist | PHYSIOTHERAPIST, CARDIOTHORACIC PHYSIOTHERAPIST, RESPIRATORY PHYSIOTHERAPIST |
| Podiatrist | PODIATRIST |
| Speech Pathologist | SPEECH PATHOLOGIST, SPEECH THERAPIST |