A Perth man who claimed stress and monetary stress implored him to submit false paperwork and certificates to the Paramedicine Board of Australia managed to get away with it for 4 months earlier than his registration was cancelled.
In 2019 Mark McConnell faked signatures and dates on qualification certificates he by no means held to be able to obtain registration as a paramedic, however a list of errors uncovered the reality.
A paramedic in WA has had his registration cancelled.Credit score: Lauren Pilat
A State Administrative Tribunal listening to earlier this week heard McConnell misspelled the names of college professors on paperwork he submitted as a part of his software; used incorrect titles of these professors when claiming that they had authorised his paperwork; filed paperwork with incorrect dates and names; and referenced medical course names that didn’t exist.
On one doc he cast the signature of ECU Dean Moira Sim and referred to her because the Head of College, which is an incorrect title.
The anomalies initially went unnoticed and McConnell was deemed certified sufficient for registration in June 2019.
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On June 14 2019, courtroom paperwork present McConnell was granted registration as a professional paramedic however simply two months later the Australian Well being Practitioner Regulation Company “obtained a notification” which “raised considerations” about McConnell’s software and the certificates supplied to the board.
However it wasn’t till October that McConnell was suspended, the SAT listening to that he has “not labored as a well being practitioner since that date”.
The courtroom was instructed McConnell was “below stress and monetary stress as he had been unemployed for six months” when he made the choice to submit false paperwork to the board.