Alicia Jess (Hing)

As a registered Occupational Therapist your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct. In that:

1. In December 2018, you failed to maintain professional boundaries with Patient A in that you:

a) Sent Patient A a friend request on Facebook;
b) Gave Patient A your personal mobile phone number.

2. You inappropriately sent Patient A a picture of you dressed in gym wear on:

a. 21 December 2018
b. 23 December 2018
c. 5 January 2019
d. 7 January 2019
e. 7 February 2019

3. In or around January 2019, you sent inappropriate WhatsApp messages to Patient A stating:

a) “I feel like such a bad human being, because I should definitely not fancy my patients” & genuinely feel bad cause I know you clearly just have a flirty personality! I shouldn’t think anything of it, but I do kinda fancy you” or words to that effect.
b) “Also thought my a** looked pretty good” or words to that effect.
c) “Also you haven’t agreed with my a**” or words to that effect.
d) “was about to offer you a demo of how good my a**e actually looks” or words to that effect.
e) “Wanna bang doe?” or words to that effect.

4. You did not inform the HCPC that you had been suspended by your employer on 04 November 2019

5. Your actions at particulars 1, 2 and/or 3 were sexually motivated.

6. The matters set out in particular 4 were dishonest.

7. The matters set out in particulars 1- 6 above constitute misconduct.

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