A radiographer who offered a patient a threesome with a colleague has been banned from practising after he was caught groping a nurse.

Jose Unisan was yesterday thrown out of the profession for his “worrying propensity to behave in a totally inappropriate and sexualised manner in a clinical setting”.

Health Professions Council panel chairman Martin Ryder said: “In the judgement of the panel Mr Unisan can’t be allowed to return to practise without clearly demonstrating that he could modify his behaviour.

“The panel has decided that the only appropriate response is the making of a striking off order.

“This order is the only one that will ensure the protection of the public and maintain the confidence the public is entitled to have in the profession of radiography and the HPC regulatory function.”

Unisan, of Sandpiper Mews, Allerton, Bradford, suggested having sex with the woman in a hospital toilet and left her shaking in fear when he groped her in bed. The radiographer later told her she was too fat for painkillers.

And while being investigated for misconduct, Unisan groped a nurse in full view of a male patient.

Unisan was first reported to the Health Professions Council following his treatment of a Miss Bajwa at Bradford Royal Infirmary, in November, 2006.

Two years later he was given a three year conditions of practice order after a panel found him guilty of misconduct.

But another patient then phoned the HPC after reading newspaper reports about his first disciplinary hearing.

He said he saw Unisan “physically flirting” with a nurse in August 2008 – only ten days after he was made the subject of an interim conditions of practice order.

The radiographer was suspended as a result and this new hearing ordered.

Unisan, who has not practised since 2008, did not attend the hearing yesterday but in a letter to the HPC apologised for his behaviour.

“I’ve learned my lesson very well,” he said. “I would love my job back. I’ve vowed to be a better practitioner and will adhere to the code of ethics of my profession.”

But Mary Page, for the HPC, said his behaviour “demonstrated a lack of insight into his behaviour”.

In November, 2008, Unisan denied making inappropriate and sexually suggestive comments but admitted touching the patient’s forearm and stomach.

He was found guilty of all charges, bar rubbing his groin on her knee.

The radiographer was yesterday found guilty of ‘physically flirting’ with a nurse. He was also found guilty of misconduct and impaired fitness to practise.

A spokesman for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs BRI, said: “Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust carried out a thorough investigation at the time of the allegations and took appropriate action against Mr Unisan which included reporting him to the Health Professions Council.

“The Trust welcomes the HPC ruling today. Inappropriate behaviour by staff cannot be tolerated.”