No record of woman's nurse qualifications - court

Tanya Nasir is accused of lying about her qualifications and experience when applying for her senior nurse role

A university has "no record" of the qualifications a woman accused of lying on her CV to get a job as a nurse has claimed she earned, a court has heard.

Tanya Nasir, 45, of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, worked as a Band 7 ward manager at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend between September 2019 and February 2020, when she was suspended.

Concerns were raised about her experience and qualifications during a revalidation of her registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Ms Nasir denies nine counts of fraud and fraud by false representation and is on trial at Cardiff Crown Court.

Sabir Bashir, senior registrar at Buckinghamshire New University, told the court on Thursday that there was "no record" of Ms Nasir completing the infant life support course she claimed to have taken.

Ms Nasir also claimed to have qualified as a nurse in 2010 at the same university, but Mr Bashir said extensive checks of university systems showed she actually completed the Diploma of Higher Education in nursing in 2014.

The court heard Ms Nasir declared substantial nursing experience in major hospitals when she applied for the post at the unit, which cares for sick and premature babies.

She claimed to have worked with premature babies as a staff nurse at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London between 2010 and 2015.

The jury was also told Ms Nasir claimed to have worked in reconstructive surgery, emergency operating theatres and the accident and emergency department at the West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust between and the adult intensive care unit at Watford General Hospital.

The HR departments for both hospitals said she had never worked for them.

When she was challenged by managers at the Princess of Wales Hospital about her nursing qualification and work history, Ms Nasir said the university "could not find her original certificate".

When managers at the Princess of Wales hospital challenged Tanya Nasir, she told them the university had lost her original certificate and sent a replacement

She later provided a letter which she claimed was from the academic quality directorate at the university, stating a duplicate certificate had been included, issued in February 2014, relating to a qualification in 2010.

But Mr Bashir, who has worked in the registry for 11 years, said he was "unaware of circumstances" where that would happen.

Mr Bashir agreed with Emma Harris, prosecuting, that there was a "high likelihood that someone had fraudulently amended that document".

The trial continues.