Expression of Interest: Community Pharmacy Neighbourhood Leads – Buckinghamshire
Community Pharmacy Thames Valley (CPTV) has secured ICB funding via the Buckinghamshire Place Based Partnership to appoint Community Pharmacy Neighbourhood Leads across Buckinghamshire to support the ongoing development of integrated neighbourhood teams and primary care provider collaboration.
This is a vital opportunity to ensure community pharmacy has a strong, visible clinical voice alongside general practice, dentistry, optometry, and wider health and care partners within each local footprint.
Role Overview & Key Details
Commitment: 2 days per month (deemed 7.5 hours per day) for a fixed term of 6 months. Specific days/working patterns to be agreed locally with the neighbourhood clinical leadership team.
Remuneration: £400 per day, paid directly to the contractor monthly upon invoice submission (to support locum backfill/pharmacist release).
Accountability: CPTV & Buckinghamshire Place-Based Partnership.
Buckinghamshire Neighbourhood Footprints
We are seeking expressions of interest from pharmacists practicing within each of the following Buckinghamshire neighbourhoods (alongside their corresponding Neighbourhood Clinical Leads):
North Bucks (NCL: Vinesh Mistry)
Aylesbury (NCL: Kathy Hoffmann)
High Wycombe (NCL: Roxana Curtis)
South Bucks (NCL: Josh Balogun-Lynch)
South West Bucks (NCL: Will Owen)
Chilterns (NCL: Sian Roberts)
Core Purpose & Responsibilities
The Community Pharmacy Neighbourhood Lead will work collaboratively with GP Clinical Leads, fellow primary care clinical leads, and local stakeholders to:
Provide Strategic & Clinical Insight: Represent contractor perspectives in local pathway redesign, winter planning, population health management, and integrated neighbourhood care models.
Strengthen Primary Care Collaboration: Foster robust operational and clinical relationships between community pharmacy, primary care networks (PCNs), acute providers, local authorities, and the voluntary sector.
Drive Service Delivery: Identify local opportunities to integrate and expand pharmacy clinical services closer to home and reduce health inequalities across the neighbourhood.
Support Local Governance: Contribute to neighbourhood leadership forums and ensure risk/governance issues are escalated appropriately.
Person Specification (Summary)
Registration: Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) with a current licence to practise.
Practice Base: Currently practising within the relevant Buckinghamshire neighbourhood footprint.
Skills & Experience: Experience in community pharmacy service delivery and multidisciplinary working; strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills; and an understanding of the Buckinghamshire Place / BOB ICB integrated care landscape.
How to Apply
If you (or an employed pharmacist in your team, with contractor consent) would like to be considered for one of these roles, please submit an Expression of Interest email to the LPC team at **[insert CPTV email address]** with the subject line *”EOI – Bucks Neighbourhood Lead – [Preferred Neighbourhood]”* containing:
- **Full Name & GPhC Registration Number**
- **Current Pharmacy / Practice Location**
- **Preferred Neighbourhood Footprint** (North Bucks, Aylesbury, High Wycombe, South Bucks, South West Bucks, or Chilterns)
- **Brief Statement (max 350 words)** outlining your relevant experience, your understanding of neighbourhood integration, and how you will champion community pharmacy within the multidisciplinary team.
- **Confirmation of Contractor Support** for the 2 days/month commitment.
**Closing Date for Submissions:** Friday, 20 November 2026] at 17:00.
If you have any questions or would like an informal discussion regarding the role or neighbourhood boundaries, please feel free to reach out.
Kind regards,
David Dean
Chief Executive Officer
Community Pharmacy Thames Valley
