A FORMER Oxford nurse has been struck off after lying about being sacked from a previous job.

Pricilla Lukong, who worked for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust between July 2013 and February 2015, failed to include her employment and subsequent dismissal from a care home in Banbury in her job application.

Mrs Lukong admitted all the charges, which also included a failure to inform the trust she was being investigated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

An NMC panel at a hearing concluded that her behaviour "fell seriously short" of nursing profession standards.

It said: "The panel considers your dishonesty to be a fundamental departure from the standards expected of a registered nurse and that your actions constituted a breach of a fundamental tenet of the profession.

"Honesty, integrity and trustworthiness are considered to be the bedrock of a nurse's practice."

The nurse was dismissed by Barchester Healthcare from her post at Chacombe Park Beaumont care home in May 2013 after a "number of concerns" relating to her clinical practice came to light.

After her sacking and before being referred to the NMC for investigation she applied for a job with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Following the discovery of her lies she was dismissed from the Trust in February 2015.

The Conduct and Competence Committee hearing - held by NMC - last week ordered Mrs Lukong, who is currently working for nursing agency National Locums, to be struck off.

The panel found her dishonesty had impaired her fitness practice and issued her with a striking off order and an interim suspension of 18 months.