A former paramedic who lost custody of her kids because of allegations of medical child abuse was hired by a Waxahachie hospital in April.

A year ago this month, an Ellis County jury terminated Susan Hyde's parental rights for her three daughters. The girls, now ages 9, 7 and 5, had more than 150 emergency room visits in four years and were treated for afflictions including cerebral palsy, seizures and cystic fibrosis.

A pediatrician testified in the monthlong Child Protective Services civil trial that the girls weren't sick at all.

One of the girls received surgery for a feeding tube. Another wore leg braces and was confined to a wheelchair.

After the lengthy CPS investigation that began in 2005, the Texas Board of Health revoked Hyde's paramedic certification in 2008.

It's unclear whether Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie knew about Hyde's past when it hired her as a part-time patient care assistant. But court records show that Hyde and her children were treated dozens of times at the facility since 2004. They also received treatment at Dallas County and Tarrant County hospitals.

A typical criminal background check would reveal little about Hyde because she has never been charged with a crime. Officials in the Dallas, Tarrant and Ellis county district attorney's offices have not pursued criminal charges, saying it would be difficult to prove felony child abuse occurred within their boundaries.

Hospital spokeswoman Ashley Howland said it is "general policy not to comment on confidential employment matters related to current or former employees."

She would not say Tuesday whether Hyde is still employed by the hospital.

Hyde's attorney did not return calls for comment.

The Waxahachie hospital hired Hyde in late April as a part-time patient care assistant, according to a GroupOne Services database that provides pre-employment background checks and employment verification for Dallas-area hospitals. According to the database, she has worked more than 120 hours since May.

It is unclear the extent to which Hyde cares for patients and what duties she performs in the hospital.

"I don't understand how Baylor can knowingly hire her and not think it's a risk," said Sara Ruth Spector, the prosecutor in the CPS trial. "I'm extremely concerned for anyone who gets treated in that hospital. I personally would never step foot in there knowing that she was even in the building, let alone treating people."

During her civil trial, the prosecution built its case around the theory that Hyde has Munchausen syndrome by proxy, or factitious disorder by proxy, a condition in which people exaggerate or create false symptoms of illness in others. Included as evidence were thousands of pages of medical records for all three of Hyde's daughters.

One of the girls is living with her biological father in Iowa. The other two girls, whose father is not involved in their lives, are in the state's care.

Joe Clark, one of 12 jurors who stripped Hyde of her parental rights, said he was shocked to hear she worked in the hospital.

"I don't know what her medical skills are, but as a person, and what she did to her children, that's probably not a very good spot for her to be," he said.

Clark asked why nothing is on Hyde's record that would keep her from working in the medical profession. But he's even more surprised the criminal courts haven't gotten involved.

"I'm still surprised she's out walking around," Clark said.