Shane Williams

As a registered Paramedic (PA35590) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of misconduct. In that:

1. You purported to meet with, observe and/or assess Person A as part of their University Paramedic training course, on the dates listed in Schedule A, when this was not the case.

2. You signed off Person A’s practice assessment portfolio to demonstrate their competence in certain areas of practise without having adequately observed and/or assessed Person A’s practise in those areas, in that:

a. you signed off a learning contract for Person A regarding ‘cannulation’, dated 3 September 2020, stating “Student shows excellent knowledge of all areas agreed to in the Learning Contract”;

b. you signed off a learning contract for Person A regarding ‘12 Lead ECG’, dated 12 September 2020, stating ‘student has shown a substantial increase in knowledge thanks to regular exposure and frequent discussion of this subject’;

c. you signed off a learning contract for Person A regarding ‘assessment and treatment of paediatric patients’, dated 28 September 2020, stating that Person A has shown ‘significant improvement over placement’ and is ‘able to provide in-depth assessment without intervention from mentor’;

d. you signed off a learning contract for Person A regarding ‘preparation and administration of SC/ IM/ IV medication’, dated 28 September 2020, stating ‘student has shown over the placement that he is competent in all areas laid out in the learning and competencies we set out’;

e. you signed off a competency for needle cricothyroidotomy for Person A, dated 6 October 2020;

f. you signed off a competency for needle chest thoracentesis for Person A, dated 6 October 2020;

g. you signed off a competency for endo-tracheal intubation for Person A, dated 6 October 2020, and/or

h. you signed off Person A’s ‘End of Year – Named Paramedic Final Signoff Document’, dated 8 October 2020, providing an overall student performance rating of ‘Excellent’ and confirming Person A had met the HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics.

3. In or around August 2020, you accepted money from Person A as payment for signing off completion of their practice assessment portfolio.

4. On or around 08 April 2021, you denied the concerns raised at particulars 1 and/or 2 and/or 3 to your employer.

5. Your conduct in relation to particulars 1 and/or 2 and/or 3 and/or 4 was dishonest.

6. The matters set out in particulars 1 and/or 2 and/or 3 and/or 4 and/or 5 above constitute misconduct.

7. By reason of your misconduct your fitness to practise is impaired.