Russell Newton, an operating department practitioner, was found guilty of misconduct and ordered to be struck off after a disciplinary hearing ruled he had stretched his body out "flat" on a young woman recovering from an operation, out of sexual motivation.

Jacki Pearce, chairman of the Health Professions Council (HPC) conduct and competence committee, said striking Mr Newton off the register was "appropriate and proportionate" in the circumstances.

Ruling that he had acted out of sexual motivation, she said: "The panel concludes there was no other explanation on the balance of probabilities for the carrying out of such acts."

The hearing was told the woman, named only as Patient A, had been unconscious in the recovery unit of the Little Aston Hospital in Sutton Coldfield after under going surgery on her nose in September 2007.

Mr Newton, a "well–liked" and "well–known" member of staff at the hospital had been assigned to help ensure her post-operative care went smoothly, the committee was told.

But a nurse described how she had seen Mr Newton jump off Patient A's trolley and appear uncharacteristically "red–faced" and "flustered" after she saw him lying "face down" on the woman.

The hearing was told Mr Newton informed the nurse that he had been administering CPR – or cardio pulmonary resuscitation - as he believed the woman had suffered a cardiac arrest. But a consultant anaesthetist called to check the woman, concluded she had "most likely" not suffered a cardiac "event".

Mr Newton, who was not present at the hearing or legally represented, admitted having incorrectly assessed that the woman was suffering from a cardiac arrest. But he denied that he had failed to position himself correctly to administer CPR in that he climbed on Patient A's trolley and straddled her body. He also denied having stretched his body out "flat" against her. He further denied his actions had been sexually motivated.

A jury at Stafford Crown Court acquitted him of a charge of indecent assault in September 2008 brought as a result of a police investigation into the incident.