An Ayrshire assist employee positioned two sufferers prone to hurt when she signed off on care work that had not been carried out.
Kelly Neil’s behaviour was deemed “dishonest” by the Scottish Social Providers Council (SSSC) after she prepopulated affected person log entries for work that had not been completed.
The allegations date again to December 2015 when Neil was employed as a private carer by East Ayrshire well being and social care partnership in Cumnock.
Neil signed an MAR (medical administration document), to point she had administered night medicine to a affected person – when this was not the case – inflicting the affected person to overlook their dosage.
She was additionally discovered to have prepopulated an entry for a bedtime go to to the identical affected person, and log off on a hoist test log, when this wasn’t completed.
In an incident with one other affected person, Neil didn't report that she had carried out an earlier bedtime go to, leading to that affected person receiving two bedtime visits.
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And on one other event, Neil prepopulated an entry for a bedtime go to to a affected person of their private carer go to log, stating she had repositioned them at 7.45pm – when this wasn’t the case.
The SSSC advised Neil: “By your actions, you probably did act dishonestly in that you just sought to mislead your employer by indicating you had undertaken work which you had not.”
The SSSC report goes on: “Social service employees are anticipated to be dependable and reliable. Social service employees are additionally anticipated to be truthful, open, sincere and reliable.
“You (Neil) prepopulated entries within the communication diaries of service customers referring to bedtime visits which you didn't attend.
“This meant that carers who did attend had been unable to manage medicine to the service customers, because it was unclear if this had already been completed.
“You incorrectly accomplished a MAR chart for a service person which resulted in them not being given their night medicine.
“You additionally prepopulated entries in a hoist test and private carer log in addition to in a private carer log and communication sheet. Your behaviour in doing so positioned two service customers prone to hurt.
“Your behaviour was dishonest and also you failed to fulfill anticipated requirements of apply.”
The SSSC mentioned it was involved that Neil didn't seem to have taken any steps to “remediate her behaviour”; she didn’t present “enough perception” as to how she ought to have behaved in another way; didn't present “reflection, understanding or empathy” and he or she was “not utterly open and sincere” along with her employer on the time of the incident.
It did acknowledge Neil had a earlier “good historical past” with no prior considerations; “no additional related considerations” about her had been raised with the SSSC and the incident appeared to have been “remoted.”
Because of this, the carer was sanctioned by the social providers watchdog which positioned a warning on her registration for a interval of 12 months.
The warning got here into drive on Wednesday, August 3.
A press release from East Ayrshire Council mentioned: "East Ayrshire Council doesn't touch upon particular person circumstances to guard an individual’s proper to privateness.
"The council is conscious of this historic incident and labored carefully with Scottish Social Providers Council (SSSC), as a regulatory physique, in sharing data according to regulatory transparency and public safety."
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