A care home worker has been struck off after hugging an elderly couple without PPE as she helped them to get into bed.
Bosses say Heidi Dunt, 31, was just wearing gloves during the first Covid wave in 2020 and not the protective equipment supplied.
Officials at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor, north Wales, say she shouldn't have even been at the home when the complaint was made.
She also ‘showed no remorse’ for her actions, a panel said.
The worker, a mum of two, acted recklessly and her behaviour was "dishonest or lacking integrity", they added.
She was found to have put the husband and wife, and the people who were caring for them, "at risk of harm".
She claimed she was wearing full PPE – despite onlookers insisting she was just wearing gloves.
Just a month after the incident, Dunt was jailed for 18 months at Caernarfon Crown Court after pleading guilty to two charges of dangerous driving. That was later reduced on appeal to a suspended sentence.
It was also discovered that she didn’t tell bosses about it.
A statement from the panel said: "Ms Dunt is required to tell Social Care Wales without delay about anything which may call into question her suitability to work in domiciliary care and this includes criminal proceedings and convictions.
"Her conduct in not disclosing the proceedings is found to be dishonest or lacking integrity.
"Ms Dunt has shown no remorse or insight into the impact of her serious misconduct and there is a serious risk of repetition."
She didn’t attend the remote three-day hearing.
Removing her from the register of social workers, the panel said she had shown no regret or insight into the impact of her serious misconduct and “there was a serious risk of repetition”.
They added: “We consider Ms Dunt acted recklessly without any thought for others. That is compounded by her failure to recognise any fault on her part.”
The panel also found that the woman had a duty of care to notify Social Care Wales of the ongoing legal proceedings relating to the dangerous driving charges.
“She is required to tell Social Care Wales without delay about anything which may call into question her suitability to work in domiciliary care, and this includes criminal proceedings and convictions,” said the committee in its judgement.
