Main area Facility Technician Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (This roles allows for flexible working, but the core hours of the department opening is Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.) Job ref 339-NMSK7400-LMH-A
Site Bristol 3D Medical Centre, Frenchay Beckspool Building Town Bristol Salary £32,073 – £39,043 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 06/09/2026 23:59
North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) have merged as of 1 st July 2026 to become Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. This creates an exciting future that brings together the best of both organisations. As a single, strong and sustainable organisation, we will not only be able to deliver better outcomes for our patients and fairer care for our population, but it will also provide greater opportunities for our people.
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Job overview
Bristol 3D Medical Centre is looking for a full-time facility technician for the expanding Prosthetics and 3D services. The successful candidate will be required to maintain and coordinate the day-to-day upkeep of the 3D and laboratory equipment and software. This role supports work of the department by maintaining equipment, scheduling prints, keeping stock/ordering, utilising the 3D software for basic design and research purposes.
Main duties of the job
- Ensuring the comprehensive maintenance of the 3D printers, equipment and software required for the efficient operation of the 3D facility.
- Clean specialist equipment, software and 3D tooling, working within clearly defined limits.
- Schedule servicing and maintain records for auditing and quality management purposes, to determine optimum capacity and print speed/quality balance
- Communicate with Bristol 3D Medical Centre staff to coordinate scheduling, maintenance and servicing
- Determine and manage consigned stock levels of 3D and laboratory items, working with scientific staff, ensuring safe storage and an optimum inventory within the system and escalating any shortages
- To utilise 3D software to carry out basic digital designs of 3D printed models and devices, to be approved by senior staff working within clearly defined limits.
- To carry out basic laboratory tasks for the Reconstructive Prosthetics team, such as making plaster casts, creating bespoke moulds and using vacuum forming machines, with and without the involvement of 3D models.
- Perform clinical imaging of patients (of all ages) within the Bristol 3D Medical Centre, using the scanning facilities.
- Provide reports of print, scan and processing data for provision with medical reports and devices.
- To be involved in audit and research involving 3D printing and 3D software, as well as prosthetics applications.
Working for our organisation
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations,operatingfrom three main sites at Southmead, Bristol citycentreand Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
- Degree in Engineering, Design, Materials or Biosciences
Experience
- Knowledge and experience with using a range of 3D printers and 3D design packages, including knowledge of rapid prototyping and manufacturing
- Knowledge and basic understanding of the equipment and their processes within a dental and/or prosthetics laboratory
Skills
- 3D design and manufacture using 3D software and a variety of 3D printers
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
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Name Amy Davey Job title Reconstructive Prosthetics/Bristol 3D Med Manager Email address amy.davey@nbt.nhs.uk Telephone number 01174143641 Additional information
Visiting the centre prior to application is encouraged. Opportunities for this will be available on most days upon request.
Bristol 3D Medical Centre, Frenchay Beckspool Building, Frenchay Park Road, Bristol. BS16 1LE
Telephone: 0117 414 3641 Ext.:43641 Email:bristol3dmed@nbt.nhs.uk
Bristol 3D Medical Centre | North Bristol NHS Trust Reconstructive Prosthetics Gate 24, Level 1Brunel Building Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. BS10 5NB
Telephone:0117 414 3640 Ext.: 43640 Email:reconstructiveprosthetics@nbt.nhs.uk
Reconstructive Prosthetics Services | North Bristol NHS Trust
Address People & Transformation DivisionNorth Bristol NHS TrustSouthmead HospitalBS10 5NBTelephone 0117 4141151
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