Data Definitions
Healthcare Worker Type Categories
| Healthcare Worker Codes | Type of Healthcare worker | Extended Definition |
|---|---|---|
| N | Nurse/Midwife | All nurses – RN, Div 1, Div 2/EN, Midwives, Agency Staff, Domiciliary nurses, Psychiatric |
| DR | Medical Practitioner | All doctors – Consultants, Registrars, Residents, Interns, Visiting Consultants, GPs |
| PC | Personal Care Staff | PSA, AIN, PCW, wardsman, orderly, warders, ward/nursing assistants |
| AH | Allied Health Care Worker | Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, Dieticians, Speech Pathologists, Radiographers, Pharmacists, P&O, Allied Health Assistants, Podiatrists, Music/Play therapists, Audiologists, Plaster technicians, ECG technicians |
| AC | Administrative and Clerical Staff | Ward clerks, admissions officers |
| BL | Invasive Technician | Phlebotomists, Dialysis technicians |
| D | Domestic | Staff engaged in the provision of food and cleaning services, maintenance people |
| SDR | Student Doctor | |
| SN | Student Nurse/Midwife | |
| SAH | Student Allied Health | |
| SPC | Student Personal Care | |
| O | Other | Persons not categorised elsewhere |
| AMB | Ambulance | Ambulance workers, patient transport |
| DO | Dentist | All dentists, specialist dentists |
| DT | Dental Therapists | Dental therapists, dental hygienist, dental prosthetist, oral health therapists |
| DA | Dental Assistant | Dental assistant, dental nurse |
| DL | Dental Technicians | Dental technician, laboratory staff (no patient contact) |
| SDO | Student Dentist | |
| SDT | Student Dental Therapists | |
| SDA | Student Dental Assistant/Dental Nurse | |
| SDL | Student Dental Technicians/Laboratory staff (no patient contact) |
department Type Categories
| Department Type | Further Definitions |
|---|---|
| Acute Aged Care | Unit providing predominantly acute geriatric medical care |
| Ambulatory Care | Out-patient clinic/treatment |
| Critical Care Unit | Includes Coronary Care, Adult and Paediatric Intensive Care Units, High Dependency Unit |
| Dental | |
| Emergency Department | Purposely designed and equipped area with designated assessment, treatment and resuscitation areas. Ability to provide resuscitation, stabilisation and initial management of all emergencies. Availability of medical staff in the hospital 24 hours a day. Designated emergency department nursing staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and a designated emergency department nursing unit manager. |
| Emergency Services | |
| Long-term Care | Includes residential care for adults and children, and transition wards for patients awaiting long-term care placement |
| Maternity | Delivery suite, maternity ward |
| Medical | Includes dermatology, neurology, respiratory etc |
| Mental Health | |
| Mixed | |
| Neonatal Care | Includes Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Special Care Nursery |
| Oncology/Haematology Unit | Includes Day Oncology |
| Other | If not defined within the other categories |
| Paediatrics | Children’s Wards of Non-paediatric hospitals |
| Palliative | |
| Peri-operative | Includes pre-operative units, theatre and recovery/post-anaesthesia care unit |
| Radiology/Radiation Oncology | Medical imaging, including nuclear medicine and interventional radiology units, radiation oncology |
| Renal | Includes dialysis |
| Sub Acute | Includes rehab, geriatric evaluation and management |
| Surgical | General and specialty surgical wards, including orthopaedics, neurosurgery, urology, ENT, opthalmology etc |
| Transplantation Unit |
