Karen Ann Eden was on the sick from her role as a senior clinical advisor for the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) when she took up agency shifts for her own financial gain, a nursing misconduct panel said.
She was caught out by timesheets she signed working for Medical Resource Partners, which were dated for days she was signed off work.
Mrs Eden admitted her actions, but then spouted off on social media calling a coworker she suspected of reporting her to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) a “green-eyed monster”, adding: “Jealousy is an awful trait to have”.
A nursing misconduct panel found she intended to intimidate her coworker who was named three times in the post, made in February last year.
The panel said: “Mrs Eden’s actions were representative of a pattern of sustained premediated misconduct over a period of a number of months for her personal financial gain.
“By working at the Agency while receiving sick pay from the Trust Mrs Eden defrauded the NHS and took valuable resources that could have otherwise been used in treating patients.”
It said she was guilty of misconduct and struck her off the nursing register.
Amanda Dunkely, assistant director of people services at NEAS, said: “Although cases like this are rare, when we became aware of this, we took appropriate action and reported this matter to the NMC.
“Fraud against the NHS is a serious issue and we encourage staff and members of the public to report any suspicions of fraud to the NHS Counter Fraud Authority.”