Tony P Clayton

Allegations from final hearing 

As a registered Operating Department Practitioner (ODP13134) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct and/or a health condition. In that:

1. Between 25 February 2019 and 04 March 2020, you worked beyond your scope of practice in that you:

a) signed off student nurses for their placements in theatres;

b) signed off student nurses onto the NMC register despite you not being a registered nurse;

c) NOT PROVED

d) signed off an end of placement for Student 3 to progress from 1st year to 2nd year and/or did not review the student nurse’s assessment on the OPAL system.

2. NOT PROVED

3. You did not keep your knowledge and/or skills up to date, despite being asked to do so by your employer, in that you did not complete the Practice Supervisor Preparation Training.

4. You submitted a Performance Assessment document for the purposes of Colleague 2’s care certificate, but;

a) Did not include adequate detail of Colleague 2’s competency; and/or

b) NOT PROVED

5. On 27 February 2019, you did not communicate professionally with Colleague 1, in that, you sent an email that stated, ‘Good Morning my little angel, I was actually just thinking of you’.

6. Between 5 November 2019 and 22 December 2019, you did not communicate professionally with Student 1, in that;

a) NOT PROVED

b) On 13 November 2019, you sent an email to Student 1 which stated: “I don’t make a habit of standing up young ladies I assure you”, or words to that effect.

c) NOT PROVED

d) NOT PROVED

e) NOT PROVED

f) On 17 December 2019, during an interview with Student 1, you:

i) NOT PROVED

ii) NOT PROVED,

iii) NOT PROVED

g) NOT PROVED

7. Between 4 March 2020 and 12 March 2020, you contacted student operating department practitioners, despite specific instructions not to do so.

8. You responded to and/or contacted staff and/or students at Derby and Bournemouth Universities whilst not in a position to do so, due to being suspended and/or restricted from your role. on or around the following dates:

a) 2 April 2020,

b) 5 June 2020,

c) 8 June 2020,

d) 9 July 2020.

9. Discontinued 

10. NOT PROVED

11. The matters set out at particulars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 above constitute misconduct.

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

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