An Adelaide woman who passed herself off as a registered nurse for five years was exposed as an imposter after she poorly handled a patient who had suffered a fall, court documents show. Jennifer Anne Reed, 65, has pleaded guilty to seven counts of deception by using the identity of a registered nurse to work at several aged care homes in South Australia between 2009 and 2014.
Reed worked at:
Eldercare, Evanston Park
Anglicare SA, Elizabeth East
Martindale Aged Care, Gawler East
Southern Cross Aged Care, Gawler
Moonta Health and Aged Care, Moonta
Trevu House, Willaston
Various facilities for labour hire company Extrastaff including, Uniting Care Wesley Port Adelaide in Seaton and Grange, Morpeth Aged Care in Semaphore and RSL Villas in Angle Park