Practice Learning Facilitators (PLFs)

All placement areas have a Practice Learning Facilitator (PLF).

Who are we?
We are a small team of health professionals who bring our varied knowledge, skills and experience together in both a campus and practice setting.

What do we do?
Our mission is to ensure that quality and capacity of placement learning opportunities are maintained, developed and enhanced within the Leeds Health Economy. We are passionate about supporting the education of the health and social care workforce, patients, users and carers, today and for the future.

How do we do it?
We endeavour to do this by:

Using our knowledge, skills and experience to influence Higher Education institutes and local health and social organisations to provide the support that practitioners, and assessors require.
Working to promote local, regional and national projects, particularly inter-professional learning projects, advising and assisting implementation in practice as necessary.
Working in partnership with Higher Educational Institutions and other colleagues in West Yorkshire to promote placements and ensure continuity of the placement circuit, enabling appropriate placement activity.
Assisting partnership working between the Higher Education Institutions and Professional Regulatory Statutory Bodies; advising on practice and care delivery issues, in order to support curriculum activity.

Contact details for the PLFs:

Leeds teaching hospitals NHS trust

The Pre- Registration Education Team LTHT Laura Fileccia - Lead Professional Education and Development Team – Pre-Registration [email protected]
Escalate all fitness to practice, learner & apprentice larner incidents, contracts, Link between LTHT & HEI’s Alexandra Varley - Senior Project Nurse - Work Based Learners [email protected] [email protected]
PLF	CSU	Email
Nicola Mackenzie-Croft	Neurosciences, TRS, Head & Neck, Chapel Allerton	[email protected]
Iona Norman	Oncology, Adult Critical Care, Outpatients	[email protected]
Doug Bodey	Allied Health Professionals, Chief Nurse	[email protected]

Racquel Wilkes	AMS, Speciality & Integrated Medicine	[email protected]
Salvatore Barresi	Theatres & Anaesthesia, Cardio Respiratory, Urgent care	[email protected]