A FORMER NURSE at West Cumberland Hospital is set to be struck off the nursing register following determinations of lack of competence and misconduct. 

Roshin Mohammed Sherif has received a striking-off order and an 18-month interim suspension by the NMC, which will span his appeal time following a review by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Mr Sherif, who was absent from the proceedings conducted between March 4 and 25, began as a healthcare assistant in June 2021. He was among 197 international nurses hired by the trust. 

Charges against Mr Sherif covered wide-ranging areas of his practice while working as a Band 5 nurse between September 28, 2021, and March 11, 2022.

Among these, proven allegations included Mr Sherif drawing up medication without clinical justification, incompetence in medicines management, inability to recall information, poor handover, issues with PPE use, ineffective communication, and failure to escalate patient situations duly.

A revelation was Mr Sherif's misjudgement of dosage which could have led to a patient's overdose. 

A colleague's witness statement read: "Mr Sherif would struggle to use the Omnicell (electronic drugs cabinet) and would often have forced entries where he would pull at a cupboard door which was not flashing or would miss the flashing light indicating to him which medication was required."

He was also found to be "dishonest in that [he] sought to conceal the fact [he] were subject to an NMC investigation…in order to continue employment with the Select Healthcare Group".

Other incidents revealed Mr Sheriff left a urine spill on the floor, unsafe for a high-risk falls patient.

Furthermore, the review stated that Mr Sherif disregarded patient preference by washing a female patient without first inquiring if they were comfortable with a male nurse.

The report states: "Collectively, the panel found that the deficiencies in Mr Sherif’s practice in the areas identified in charges 1 to 6 showed that he lacked the key skills that were required of a band 5 nurse, that these were not limited to isolated incidents and occurred over a period of time when, without continued support and supervision, there was a real risk of potential harm to patients." 

A spokesperson from the NCIC said: “During his time at the Trust Mr Sherif was supervised at all times and we can confirm that no patients came to harm as a result of his actions.

“His employment was terminated in June 2022 and the Trust referred him to the NMC.

“We accept the NMC’s decision and we are grateful to our staff who raised concerns and provided the NMC with evidence for the case.”

Mr Sherif has 28 days to appeal the decision.