Factor 1
| Aware of and adherence to national and local guidelines and policies |
0.872
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
Core professional skills α = 0.9527 | Professionalism |
0.829
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| A range of clinical skills to enable them to manage a range of common emergency conditions, for example; first aid, life support, defibrillation, airway management, drug administration |
0.822
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Patient centred |
0.821
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Underpinning knowledge of common emergency conditions in adults and children |
0.811
| 0.360 | 0.000 |
| Underpinning knowledge of biological sciences, including anatomy, physiology, and pathology |
0.808
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Ability to take a history and conduct patient assessment and examination of both adults and children |
0.768
| 0.337 | 0.000 |
| Team player with ability to work alone |
0.745
| 0.000 | 0.520 |
| Skills and knowledge from recognised emergency care courses such as: prehospital trauma life support, advanced life support, prehospital paediatric life support |
0.717
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Non judgemental, non-discriminatory |
0.706
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Commitment to self development |
0.666
| 0.342 | 0.424 |
| Caring, empathic, and values life |
0.633
| 0.352 | 0.413 |
| Role model for others |
0.631
| 0.381 | 0.000 |
| Self aware, recognising personal responsibility and limitations |
0.542
| 0.533 | 0.418 |
Factor 2
| Leadership, mentoring, and supervision | 0.000 |
0.800
| 0.000 |
Management of self and clinical situations α = 0.9304 | Understanding of current issues, clinical governance, and the role of others within the wider health economy | 0.303 |
0.776
| 0.000 |
Skills in clinical and personnel management | 0.000 |
0.770
| 0.000 |
| Research, statistics, and information retrieval skills | 0.509 |
0.727
| 0.000 |
| Underpinning knowledge in law and ethics | 0.414 |
0.680
| 0.000 |
| Awareness of evidence based practice | 0.540 |
0.658
| 0.000 |
| Communication skills: written, verbal, and electronic | 0.485 |
0.641
| 0.000 |
| Mental health skills | 0.000 |
0.631
| 0.000 |
| Awareness of and regard for professional issues such as: autonomy, accountability, confidentiality, and a code of professional conduct | 0.534 |
0.604
| 0.307 |
| Literate and numerate | 0.343 |
0.563
| 0.326 |
| Physically fit for the role, manually dextrous, with good hand eye coordination | 0.461 |
0.562
| 0.000 |
| Intellectual skills to enable the interpretation of clinical data, the implementation of clinical judgement and decision making and the formulation of a diagnosis | 0.412 |
0.517
| 0.359 |
| Familiarity with emergency medical equipment and its operation | 0.393 |
0.511
| 0.323 |
| Skills in teaching and presentation | 0.000 |
0.483
| 0.382 |
| Honest | 0.000 |
0.347
| 0.000 |
Factor 3
| Common sense | 0.000 | 0.000 |
0.856
|
Approaches to health and safety | Familiarity with local operational area | 0.000 | 0.000 |
0.814
|
Practical (pragmatic) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
0.790
|
α = 0.8479 | Ability to learn, including the ability to use reflection and learn from experience | 0.322 | 0.000 |
0.696
|
| Skills and underpinning knowledge of advanced driving | 0.370 | 0.000 |
0.370
|
| Skills and awareness of manual handling and health and safety | 0.000 | 0.384 |
0.584
|
| Brave | 0.000 | 0.373 |
0.501
|