SHAWN M. JONES, PA-C
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acrmpz@r.postjobfree.com
Education
Masters of Physician Assistant Studies (May 2010)
Department of Family and Community Medicine
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Bachelors of Business Administration (May 2002)
LeTourneau University, Longview TX
Associates of Applied Science in Nursing (May, 1999)
School of Nursing – Registered Nurse Program
Kilgore College, Kilgore TX
Licensure
Physician Assistant – Certified (2010 – Current)
Registered Nurse (1999 – Present)
EMT – Paramedic (1994 – 2002)
Certifications
ATLS – Certified
FCCS – Fundamental Critical Care Support Course
PICC Nurse Certified
ACLS
PALS
BLS
Professional Experience
-East Texas Medical Center – Tyler (June, 2015 – Current) Level 1 Trauma Center
Physician Assistant – Certified
As a Trauma Physician Assistant, I am responsible for all trauma patients whom enter ETMC, Level 1 Trauma Center. I manage the patients in the Emergency Department, First Assist in the OR, and manage the patients in the ICU.
-Trinity Mother Frances Hospital and Clinics ( December, 2013 – June, 2014)
Physician Assistant – Certified
My role in this position is to work as a Physician Assistant for Trinity Mother Frances Hospital and Clinics in the Surgery Department. I continue to First Assist in the operating room, Consult on patients in the Emergency Department as well as in other areas of the hospital, and Manage Clinic responsibilities.
-East Texas Vascular Associates, Tyler TX (June, 2010 – December, 2013)
Physician Assistant – Certified – General, Vascular, and Colorectal Surgery My key function as a surgical PA is to assist the physician in the global management of patient care in pre-, intra- and post- operative settings. This end-to-end involvement enables me to provide unparalleled continuity of patient care. Some of my responsibilities include: First Assisting in Surgeries, Robotic Assisting, Endovascular Vein Harvesting, Central Line Placement, Chest Tube Placement and Removal, Rounding, Office Management of Vascular and Postoperative Patients, and On-Call Responsibilities. I am responsible for the management and continual care of many of the patients in our practice. I have clinic responsibilities three days per week and manage vascular patients and other chronically ill patients during that time for their chronic illness.
-Physician Assistant Student at University of North Dakota
Primary Clinical Experience – 31 weeks 2008-2009 Clark Langley, MD
Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics
Kilgore, TX
General Surgery Clerkship – 240 hours December 2009 – January 2010 Robert McKinney, MD (80 hours)
Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics
Tyler, TX
Daniel Merritt, MD (160 hours)
Diagnostic Clinic of Longview – General Surgery
Longview, TX
Urology Clerkship – 80 hours December 2009
Andrew Kirkpatrick, MD
Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics
Tyler, TX
Nephrology Clerkship – 160 hours February 2010
Nabeel Ahmed, MD
Tyler Nephrology Associates
Tyler, TX
Orthopedic Surgery Clerkship – 160 hours March 2010 Michael Langford, MD
Longview Orthopedic Clinic
Longview, TX
Cardiology Clerkship – 160 hours April 2010
Christopher Boylan, MD
Good Shepherd Medical Center
Longview, TX
-Good Shepherd Medical Center ( 2002 – 2010 – FT/PRN) Registered
Nurse – Level II Trauma Center – Emergency Dept. and PICC Dept. As a Trauma Nurse and Registered Nurse at GSMC’s Level II Trauma Center, seeing over 90,000 patients a year. I was responsible for the care and treatment protocols of Trauma, Cardiovascular, and other Medical Emergencies. I utilized my experience as a Business Professional and a Healthcare Professional to make the best use of the center’s resources and manpower to encourage a positive attitude in a stressful working situation, where life and death decisions were made each and every day. I was viewed as a leader and valuable resource by my peers and management. I am also a certified PICC nurse, and utilized my skills to establish central vascular access in select patients.
-Schering-Plough Corporation ( 2004 – 2006)
Schering Oncology/Biotech
Virology & Anti-Infective Sales Specialist
-Biovail Pharmaceuticals (2002 – 2004)
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
-Baxter Healthcare, RMS Lifeline – Tyler, Texas ( 2000 – 2002)
Registered Nurse / Chief Scrub Nurse
As the Chief Scrub Nurse and Purchasing Manager with RMS Lifeline, which is a free standing vascular radiology interventional center and a division of Baxter Healthcare, I was responsible for all purchases at the Tyler lab, including but not limited to, contract negotiating, local purchasing agreements, and balancing/managing the inventory. My other responsibilities included Staff Training and Education, Procedure Management, Personnel Management and Budget Management. I also assisted the physician with about 98% of the cases as the chief scrub RN, where my responsibilities included, assisting the physician, training RMS Lifeline staff locally and nationally, and providing assistance on device use to the physicians as needed.\
Trinity Mother Frances Health System – Tyler, Texas (1999 –2000 – FT/PRN) Registered Nurse / Team Leader – Level II Trauma Center As a member of the emergency department at this Level II Trauma Center, I participated as part of the Trauma Team and Cardiac Care Team with a goal of providing total care to critical patients in their time of crisis.
-EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER – Tyler, Texas (1999 - 2000 – PRN )
Registered Nurse / Team Leader – Level I Trauma Center As a member of the Emergency Department at the regions only Level I Trauma Center, I participated as an integral part of the ER-Team, providing Level I care to critical patients and family in crisis.
-East Texas Medical Center-EMS – Tyler, Texas (1994 – 1999) Lead
Paramedic – Preceptor
As a Lead Paramedic and Preceptor for ETMC-EMS, the second largest rural EMS provider in the Nation, I was responsible for the care of all patients and actions of the EMS Team on my shift. I performed Advanced Life Support skills such as intubation, IO access, IV access, management of cardiac arrest patients, management of trauma patients, and management of acute and chronic medical conditions.