Benjamin Slocombe

The Panel confirmed the following allegation: 

As a registered Occupational Therapist (OT087024): 

1. In or around January 2023, during the application process for a role at Advo Health, you provided a curriculum vitae that contained fabricated and/or misleading information about your previous employment experience.

2. On or around 09 March 2023, you amended the date on your Health and Care Professions Council letter of good standing to reflect an incorrect registration date.

3. On or around 10 March 2023, you provided Advo Health with the contact details for a Human Resources Administrator at Medway NHS Foundation Trust who did not exist.

4. On 10 March 2023, you provided Advo Health with an employment reference which stated it was completed by a Human Resources Administrator at Medway NHS Foundation Trust when this was not the case.

5. On 14 March 2023 and 15 March 2023, when the Health and Care Professions Council’s Registration Department queried the validity of your Health and Care Professions Council letter of good standing, you provided fabricated explanations.

6. Your conduct in relation to particular 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 was dishonest in that you knew you were providing fabricated and/or misleading information regarding your previous employment and/or your Health and Care Professions Council Registration.

7. The matters set out in particular 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 above constitute misconduct.

8. By reason of the matters set out above, your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct.