28 March 2025
A former NDIS worker who “masqueraded” as a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) has avoided jail
After impersonating a nurse on 13 different occasions between April 12 and June 12, 2023.
Last week, he pleaded guilty to nine offences including assault, serious criminal trespass and dishonestly taking property without consent, and assault related to a patient.
It is vital for Hospital and Health Services, public or private to ensure that appropriate and adequate staff screening and security vetting systems are in place to mitigate this type of incident. Unqualified and unauthorised persons are a constant risk and hazard to facilities and pose a direct risk both clinically and ethically to a facilities business continuity.
Healthcare Security and Risk identifies that ongoing personal vetting and security screening pose a direct and immediate risk to organisations that do not implement robust governance and compliance systems utilising key points within AS 4485:2021 – Security in Healthcare facilities, and Australian Health Facility Guidelines.
Nurse impersonator Brandon Chesney, who assaulted patient, avoids jail – ABC News