Jiby Jose
Introduction
Jiby Jose is a nurse who was struck off the register of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the United Kingdom regulator for nurses, on 26 February 2026, after a Fitness to Practise Committee found proved a course of sexual misconduct toward two colleagues. The committee found that between February 2022 and 29 June 2022 Jose cuddled Colleague A from behind in the medication room, slapped her bottom, bent her over a table and rubbed against her, put his hands down her top, asked her sexual questions, and sent her text messages and Facebook messages, including a suggestion that he visit her at home. It further found that on the night shift of 29 June 2022 he placed both hands on Colleague B’s waist from behind without consent, pressed his groin against her leg while she sat at a computer, and sat on her bottom pressing his genitalia against her. The committee concluded that this conduct was sexually motivated, that it amounted to harassment of both colleagues, and that Jose’s fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his misconduct, and it imposed a striking-off order.
Background Information
Jose was a registered nurse, holding registration number 04J0934O with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The published determination does not name his employer or state when he qualified or registered, but the particulars of the charges indicate a ward setting: they reference the medication room, the ward manager’s office, and a computer workstation in use during a night shift.
The matter was determined at a substantive hearing before the NMC Fitness to Practise Committee which began on 20 January 2025 and ended on 26 February 2026, a span of more than a year. The case concerned two colleagues, identified in the charges as Colleague A and Colleague B.
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Adjudicated vs. alleged. The findings against Jiby Jose were made by an NMC Fitness to Practise Committee on the balance of probabilities at a substantive hearing and are regulatory adjudications, not criminal convictions; the published record does not state that any criminal charges were brought. Several particulars were not found proved, as noted below, and any conduct connected to them remains an unproven allegation.
The charges relating to Colleague A covered a course of conduct between February 2022 and 29 June 2022. The committee found proved that Jose cuddled her from behind in the medication room, slapped her bottom, bent her over a table and rubbed against her, and put his hands down her top. It also found proved that he asked about her breast size, asked about her periods, asked whether she was sexually active, and asked her to sit on his knee, and that he asked her out for a drink, sent text messages to her personal mobile, contacted her on Facebook Messenger, and suggested that he visit her at home. All twelve of these particulars were found proved.
The committee further found proved that the conduct toward Colleague A was sexually motivated, in that Jose was pursuing sexual gratification, and that it amounted to harassment of her: unwanted conduct of a sexual nature which had the purpose and effect of violating her dignity and of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for her. Both of these findings were made in relation to the first eight particulars, covering the physical conduct and the sexual questions. A separate allegation that Jose took Colleague A’s mobile telephone number from the ward manager’s office was not among the findings recorded as proved.
The charges relating to Colleague B concerned the night shift of 29 June 2022. The committee found proved that Jose placed both hands on her waist from behind without consent, pressed his groin against her leg while she was seated at the computer, and sat on her bottom and pressed his genitalia against her. The allegations that he slid his hand across her bottom and made inappropriate comments of a sexual nature were not among the particulars found proved. The committee found the proved conduct toward Colleague B sexually motivated, in that Jose was pursuing sexual gratification, and amounted to harassment of her on the same terms as the harassment finding for Colleague A.
Public Reaction and Consequences
Having found the facts proved, the committee recorded that Jose’s fitness to practise was impaired by reason of his misconduct and imposed a striking-off order, directing his removal from the register — the outcome known as erasure. The determination was dated 26 February 2026, the day the hearing ended. The decision page notes that the decision itself explains when the direction takes effect and any appeal provisions.
MedicWatch, an independent record of UK healthcare regulators’ decisions, added the case to its record on 5 May 2026, drawing all facts on its page from the publicly published NMC determination.
Current Status
Jose was struck off the Nursing and Midwifery Council register following the committee’s decision of 26 February 2026. MedicWatch’s practitioner profile for him, last verified against the NMC register on 24 July 2026, recorded his status at that check as suspended while listing his most recent published outcome as erasure on 26 February 2026; MedicWatch directs readers to the official NMC register as the authoritative source for a practitioner’s current registration status.
Impact on Their Career/Life
The striking-off order removed Jose from the register of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, meaning he can no longer work as a registered nurse in the United Kingdom. The findings recorded against him — a course of sexually motivated conduct toward two colleagues, amounting to harassment, rendering his fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct — stem from the regulatory process, and the record does not state that any criminal proceedings were brought in connection with the matter. The published sources do not state his current activities.