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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health-care services paid full time equivalent positions code N[N]

Value Domain Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termValue Domain
METEOR identifier:Help on this term567006
Registration status:Help on this term

Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014

Definition:Help on this term

A code set representing categories of full time equivalent positions that are paid for by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health-care services.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN[N]
Maximum character length:Help on this term2
  ValueMeaning
Permissible values:Help on this term1CEOs/administrators/managers/supervisors
  2Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers - Male
  3Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers - Female
  4Doctors
  5Nurses
  6Substance misuse/drug and alcohol workers
  7Social and emotional wellbeing staff (please specify)
  8Medical specialists/other allied health professionals (please specify)
  9Dentists/dental therapists
  10Dental support workers
  11Sexual health workers
  12Traditional healers
  13Environmental health workers
  14Drivers/field officers
  15Administrative support workers (e.g. secretaries, receptionists)
  16 Accountants/bookkeepers
  17Information systems/data staff
  18Trainers/educators
  19Cleaners/cooks/gardeners
  20Night watchmen/security guards
  99
 
Other staff (please specify)
 

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODES 2 and 3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers (AHW)
 
An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker (AHW) liaises with patients, clients and visitors to hospitals and health clinics and works as a team member to arrange, coordinate and provide health care delivery in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community health clinics.

CODE 7  Social and emotional wellbeing staff

These include (but are not limited to) psychologists, counsellors, mental health workers, social workers and welfare workers.

CODE 8  Medical specialists/other allied health professionals

Medical practitioners who are registered as specialists under a law of state or territory or recognised as specialists or consultant physicians by a specialist recognition advisory committee, for example paediatricians, ophthalmologists, cardiologists, ear, nose and throat specialists, obstetricians and surgeons.

CODE 10 Dental support workers
 
Includes dental assistants and dental technicians.
 
 

Relational attributes Help on this term

Data elements implementing this value domain:Help on this term
Service provider organisation—staffing categories, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health-care services paid full time equivalent positions code N[N]

        Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014

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