Nurse offered woman a job in exchange for sex, tribunal told
Staffer accused of using care home for seedy sessions
A mental health nurse snuck into the loft above the care home he managed to have a sex session with a colleague, a disciplinary hearing was told.
John Macmillan Rossi faces claims he pressured a woman on a zero hours contract into “sexually motivated” meetings, with the promise of a full-time job.
The alleged victim – referred to only as colleague A – told cops her boss touched her “in private places” and “put his hand down below”.
Rossi has been hauled in front of a Nursing and Midwifery Council panel in Edinburgh and denies inappropriate behaviour at LittleInch, Erskine.
Care home director Irvine Watson gave evidence to the hearing.
He said: “I came to hear rumours that John was in a relationship with colleague A, who was on a zero hours contract.
“It was rumoured that they were meeting each other in rooms in the care home.
“During an informal meeting with colleague A, she broke down.
“She said she was being pressured into a relationship under the suggestion she would get a full-time contract.
“At this stage, I believed colleague A had been coerced into a relationship with John.”
The hearing heard he had no powers to hire and fire staff at Erskine’s LittleInch Home for older people.
It is alleged Rossi met her once in the attic and twice in room 109 for “purposes other than work”.
Mr Watson revealed police had been called and quizzed the care assistant for three hours before Rossi was immediately suspended.
He continued: “I asked colleague A if she wanted the police to be called and she agreed.
“They concluded that it was a consensual relationship and found no evidence of coercion.”
Deborah Russell, representing Rossi, insisted he “didn’t meet colleague A for any purposes other than work”.
She added: “His conduct was not sexually motivated and that he was available at all times to perform his duties.”
The alleged offences date from between October and November 2015.
Rossi faces being struck-off if the tribunal finds him guilty of putting residents and staff at risk because he “did not adequately attend to his duties at the home” and was “not available in case of an emergency”.
LittleInch can look after up to 40 patients and caters for the elderly and those suffering from dementia and physical disability.
The home also cares for patients requiring more specialist treatment including Alzheimer’s, cancer care, Down’s syndrome, and Parkinson’s disease.
The hearing continues.