VCAT found Mr Christoffelsz engaged in professional misconduct, reprimanded him and disqualified him from applying for registration as a nurse for 12 months. Practising in breach of conditions on provisional registration — including failing to arrange an approved supervisor and supervision plan — constitutes practice substantially below the standard reasonably expected, even where the role is managerial or administrative rather than clinical. Deliberately misrepresenting academic qualifications in a job application is treated as dishonest conduct warranting disciplinary sanction, not an 'oversight'. The Tribunal confirmed that periods of immediate action suspension serve a different protective purpose and are not credited against a disqualification period imposed after a finding of professional misconduct.
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