The employee, who earns £26,000 a year plus overtime and bonus payments, was suspended in 2002 for allegedly downloading child pornography on his computer.
Until now the department has been instructed not to sack the individual as it could jeopardise the police investigation and possibly leave Health open to a civil action through the employment tribunal.
But after details of the case were made public in the JEP last Saturday, Health Minister Stuart Syvret has told the chief executive and human resources to explore ways of terminating the individual’s employment.
