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Data Element Detail

Establishment-staffing categories
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040762 v2
Data Element
Data Element
Draft
06-Mar-2015		Current
16-Sep-2015
Standard
01-Jul-2014
The categories of staffing types within an establishment.
Public health establishment staffing
Staffing categories
Representational Attributes
Numeric
Code
N[N]
1
2
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
1Administrative and clerical staff
10Trainee/pupil nurses
2Diagnostic and health professionals
3Domestic and other staff
4Enrolled nurses
5Other personal care staff
6Registered nurses
7Specialist salaried medical officers (SMOs)
8Other salaried medical officers (SMOs)
9Student nurses
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
Code 1 Administrative and clerical staff
Administrative and clerical staff are staff engaged in administrative and clerical duties. Medical staff and nursing staff, diagnostic and health professionals and any domestic staff primarily or partly engaged in administrative and clerical duties are excluded. Civil engineers and computing staff are included in this category.

Code 2 Diagnostic and health professionals
Diagnostic and health professionals are qualified staff (other than qualified medical and nursing staff) engaged in duties of a diagnostic, professional or technical nature (but also including diagnostic and health professionals whose duties are primarily or partly of an administrative nature). This category includes all allied health professionals and laboratory technicians (but excludes civil engineers and computing staff).

Code 3 Domestic and other staff
Domestic staff are staff engaged in the provision of food and cleaning services including domestic staff primarily engaged in administrative duties such as food services manager. Dieticians are excluded. This category also includes all staff not elsewhere included (primarily maintenance staff, trades people and gardening staff).

Code 4 Enrolled nurses
Enrolled nurses are registered with the national registration board to practise in this capacity. Includes general enrolled nurse and specialist enrolled nurse (e.g. mothercraft nurses).

Code 5 Other personal care staff
This category includes attendants, assistants or home assistants, home companions, family aides, ward helpers, warders, orderlies, ward assistants and nursing assistants engaged primarily in the provision of personal care to patients or residents, who are not formally qualified or undergoing training in nursing or allied health professions.

Code 6 Registered nurses
Registered nurses include persons with at least a three year training certificate and nurses holding post graduate qualifications. Registered nurses must be registered with the national registration board. This is a comprehensive category and includes community mental health, general nurse, intellectual disability nurse, midwife (including pupil midwife), psychiatric nurse, senior nurse, charge nurse (now unit manager), supervisory nurse and nurse educator. This category also includes nurses engaged in administrative duties no matter what the extent of their engagement, for example, directors of nursing and assistant directors of nursing.

Code 7 Specialist salaried medical officers (SMOs)
Specialist medical officers employed by the establishment on a full-time or part-time salaried basis. This excludes visiting medical officers engaged on an honorary, sessional or fee for service basis.

This metadata item includes specialist salaried medical officers who are engaged in administrative duties regardless of the extent of that engagement (for example, clinical superintendent and medical superintendent).

Code 8 Other salaried medical officers (SMOs)
Non-specialist medical officers employed by the establishment on a full-time or part-time salaried basis. This excludes visiting medical offices engaged on an honorary, sessional or fee for service basis. This category includes non-specialist salaried medical officers who are engaged in administrative duties regardless of the extent of that engagement (for example, clinical superintendent and medical superintendent).

Code 9 Student nurses
Student nurses are persons employed by the establishment currently studying in years one to three of a three year certificate course. This includes any person commencing or undertaking a three year course of training leading to registration as a nurse by the national registration board. This includes full-time general student nurse and specialist student nurse, such as mental deficiency nurse, but excludes practising nurses enrolled in post basic training courses.

Code 10 Trainee/pupil nurses
Trainee/pupil nurse includes any person commencing or undertaking a 1-year course of training leading to registration as an enrolled nurse on the national registration board (includes all trainee nurses).
Is part of the METeOR Full-time equivalent staffing data element cluster, Identifier 552430, Health standard 11/04/2014. The Full-time equivalent staffing data element cluster comprises two data elements that describe the number of full-time equivalent staff working within an establishment. Is part of the METeOR Recurrent salaries and wages expenditure data element cluster, Identifier 552475, Health standard 11/04/2014. The Recurrent salaries and wages expenditure data element cluster comprises three data elements that describe the expenditure on staff working within an establishment and whether the data are estimated.
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
SupersedesData ElementCross-ClassificatoryStaffing categoriesQH 040762 Version 1Superseded
Is used in conjunction withData ElementData ElementEstablishment-data estimated indicatorQH 041760 Version 1Current
Is used in conjunction withData ElementData ElementEstablishment-recurrent salaries and wages expenditure, AU$QH 041763 Version 2Draft
Is used in conjunction withData ElementData ElementEstablishment-recurrent salaries and wages expenditure, AU$QH 041763 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptEstablishmentQH 041755 Version 1Current
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptFacilityQH 041826 Version 2Current
Relates toData ElementData Element ConceptFacilityQH 041826 Version 1Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionFinancial and Residential Activity Collection (FRAC)QH 020005 Version 2MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-2019
Information AssetData CollectionFinancial and Residential Activity Collection (FRAC)QH 020005 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201430-Jun-2019
Source and Reference Attributes
Australia Institute of Health and Welfare
METeOR data element: Establishment-staffing categories, health code N[N], Identifier 542001, Health standard 11/04/2014 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/542001/meteorItemView/long
METeOR data element: Establishment-staffing categories, health code N[N], Identifier 620091, Health standard 04/08/2016 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/620091/meteorItemView/long
Establishment; Staffing;