Mark Boyle

As a registered Paramedic (PA36640) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct, in that:

1. On 16 April 2018, you did not maintain accurate records in that you took a Student 1’s Practice Assessment Document (PAD) to review and you backdated made retrospective entries on the action plan section for the following dates, without marking them as retrospective and/or when these action plan(s) had not been discussed at the time or at all:

a) 10 January 2018;

b) On or around January 2018; and

c) On or around February 2018.

2. Between 16 October 2017 and 31 July 2018, you displayed unprofessional behaviour towards Student 1, in that you made unprofessional comments to Student 1 regarding Student 3 and/or other students you had previously mentored.

3. Between 01 May 2018 and 09 July 2018, you sent inappropriate and/or unprofessional messages to Student 2 via Facebook Messenger, specifically:

a) On or around 15 May 2018 you said “Just because you are pretty and funny doesn’t mean you can just get away with giving me shit and not expect me to hate you a little” or words to that effect;

b) On or around 15 May 2018 you

i) said “You love me really”;

ii) joined in with Student 2’s joke that she would love you asked if you could sign her paper work, in that you replied “We will see. Depends if you admit you love me really or not ha ha”

c) On 24 May 2018 you said “Oh that’s a problem when you’re a fitty”;

d) On 14 June 2018, you said:

i) “Did notice you had make up on, which I don’t normally notice”;

ii) that you would come to visit Student 2 at her part-time workplace.

e) On 15 June 2018, you said “Gorgeous ain’t ya”

f) On 15 June 2018, you said “Aww get Macc come stay with me lol”;

g) On 16 June 2018, you said:

i) “Need a hug? Would that help”;

ii) when Student 2 said that a hug would “not really” help, you said, “Not even a little / I’m good at them”;

h) On or around 02 July 2018, you sent messages saying said:

i) “You’d miss me really”;

ii) “Hey lovely”;

i) On 09 July 2018, you said “Looking good in your pic”

4. On or around 15 April 2015, you breached patient confidentiality and the information obtained when attending to Patient B during an emergency call for personal reasons, in that you obtained Person A’s name, who is Patient B’s relative, and contacted her on social media.

5. On or around 15 April 2015, you acted in an unprofessional manner towards Person A, in that you sent a Facebook message to Person A:

a) when she was the relative of a patient you had attended to during an emergency call;

b) about an hour after attending to Patient B during an emergency call.

6. On or around 15 April 2015, you acted in an unprofessional manner whilst attending to Patient B, in that you:

a) played ‘sword fight’ with your paperwork during the emergency call;

b) interrupted Person A and/or her mother on several occasions whilst at the hospital;

c) acted in an over-friendly manner towards Person A.

7. Your actions set out in particulars 3-5 were sexually motivated.

8. You actions set out in particular 1 were dishonest.

9. The matters set out in particulars 1-8 constitute misconduct.

10. By reason of your misconduct, your fitness to practise is impaired.