Heather A. Jacobs, CNM, WHNP
Summary
Compassionate and skilled Certified Nurse Midwife and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner with 7 years of experience providing inpatient and clinic-based reproductive care across the lifespan. Patient advocate with a passion for providing trauma-informed, empowering, evidence-based care to patients of all backgrounds, with a track record of excellent patient satisfaction measures. Effective collaborator on interprofessional teams, and experienced at teaching learners at various stages of their clinical training.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Visana Health
03.2024 - Current
- Provide holistic virtual care focusing on women's health topics including peri/menopause, chronic pelvic pain, PCOS, abnormal uterine bleeding, contraception, and more.
- Address primary care concerns for patients with limited access to in-person providers.
- Enhance patient satisfaction and outcomes with comprehensive assessments, tailored counseling, and regular follow up care.
Certified Nurse Midwife, Per Diem
Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Seattle
08.2024 - 01.2025
- Provided individualized intrapartum and postpartum care, including labor support, to Kaiser midwifery patients at Swedish Hospital.
- Triaged urgent concerns for prenatal, postpartum, gynecologic, and termination clinic patients.
- Collaborated with Ob/Gyn attending physicians as needed.
Certified Nurse Midwife, Staff
Kaiser Permanente, Portland
01.2020 - 06.2024
- Cared for patients during triage, intrapartum, and postpartum stays using evidence-based practice.
- Supervised and trained Ob/Gyn and Family Medicine resident physicians and medical students.
- Collaborated with Ob/Gyn colleagues to provide continuity of care for higher risk patients.
- Assessed and managed patients during prenatal, gynecologic, and infertility visits in a busy clinic setting.
- Facilitated CenteringPregnancy prenatal care groups.
- Developed practice guidelines and implemented quality improvement projects related to induction of labor at KPNW hospitals.
Certified Nurse Midwife, Staff
Kaiser Permanente, Roseville
02.2018 - 01.2020
- Cared for laboring and postpartum patients at busiest Labor and Delivery unit in the Kaiser Northern California region.
- Independently managed patients preferring midwifery care, consulting with collaborating physicians as needed for higher risk patients.
- First assisted during cesarean deliveries.
Certified Nurse Midwife, Per Diem
Kaiser Permanente, San Jose
04.2018 - 09.2019
- Independently managed Labor and Delivery unit at community-based hospital, caring for laboring and postpartum patients.
- Assessed patients presenting to triage with varied concerns.
- First assisted at cesarean deliveries.
- Collaborated with attending obstetricians as indicated.
- Supervised and taught family medicine residents.
Project Coordinator
California Department of Public Health
11.2009 - 05.2014
- Managed daily operations of a statewide epidemiology program designed to aid in the diagnosis of infectious neurologic diseases.
- Directed laboratory testing for over 2,000 cases of presumed encephalitis.
- Analyzed program data for presentation to state and federal public health colleagues.
- Participated in investigations related to urgent public health concerns such as potential rabies infections.
Education
Master of Science Degree - Nurse–Midwifery / Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA09.2017
Bachelor of Arts Degree - Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Wesleyan University
05.2009
Skills
- Intrapartum and postpartum management
- Pregnancy and postpartum triage evaluation
- Management of obstetric emergencies
- First and third trimester ultrasound
- Prenatal care, including CenteringPregnancy facilitation
- Assessment and management of gynecologic conditions throughout the lifespan
- Obstetric laceration repair
- IUD and Nexplanon placement and removal
Certification
- Certified Nurse Midwife - AMCB Board Certified
- Women's Health Nurse Practitioner - NCC Board Certified
- CNM/WHNP licenses in CA, OR, WA, UT, ID, NV, CO
- Registered Nurse - Licensed in CA, OR, WA, ID, NV, CO
- BLS/CPR - American Heart Association certified through 2027
Selected Publications
Conducted under maiden name, Heather Sheriff
- Braun HM, Ramirez D, Zahner GJ, Gillis-Buck EM, Sheriff H, Ferrone M. (2017). The LGBTQI health forum: an innovative interprofessional initiative to support curriculum reform. Medical Education Online, 22(1).
- Van Haren K, Ayscue P, Waubant E, Clayton A, Sheriff H, Yagi S, et al. (2015). Acute flaccid myelitis of unknown etiology in California, 2012-2015. The Journal of the American Medical Association, 314(24):2663-71.
- Sheriff H, Schnurr D, Messenger S, Padilla T, Espinosa N, Yagi S, et al. (2013). Uncovering the limitations and possibilities of cerebrospinal fluid molecular testing for neurologic illnesses. Poster award finalist at Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists conference, June 2013.
Timeline
Certified Nurse Midwife, Per Diem
Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Seattle
08.2024 - 01.2025
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Visana Health
03.2024 - Current
Certified Nurse Midwife, Staff
Kaiser Permanente, Portland
01.2020 - 06.2024
Certified Nurse Midwife, Per Diem
Kaiser Permanente, San Jose
04.2018 - 09.2019
Certified Nurse Midwife, Staff
Kaiser Permanente, Roseville
02.2018 - 01.2020
Project Coordinator
California Department of Public Health
11.2009 - 05.2014
Master of Science Degree - Nurse–Midwifery / Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
University of California, San Francisco
Bachelor of Arts Degree - Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Wesleyan University
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