Jillian L. Ford NP

Jillian Ford, PMHNP, has joined the staff at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center’s UCARE Clinic as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. The clinic provides wrap-around services including family medicine, psychiatry, counseling and case management.

She has worked in healthcare for 18 years, including at PeaceHealth’s Behavioral Health Unit, with her primary background being in inpatient psychiatry. She earned her master of science in nursing from Spring Arbor University.

She strives to incorporate the latest psychiatry and neuroscience research to decrease suffering in those with mental health concerns. Ford specializes in individuals with psychotic and mood disorders, geriatric neurocognitive decline with behavioral disturbances, polypharmacy and co-occurring medical co-morbidities.

In addition to studying modern medicine, she is also educated in holistic healing such as nutrition, herbalism and supplements.

• Spring Arbor University
  Degree: Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

• ATRIO Health Plans
• Aetna
• Devoted Health
• First Choice Health Network
• Health Net Federal Services
• Health Net of Oregon
• Kaiser Permanente
• Majoris Health Systems
• Medicaid Oregon Health Plan
• Medicare
• Moda Health
• Multiplan Network
• Pacific Medical Centers
• PacificSource Health Plans
• Premera Blue Cross
• Providence Health Plan (PPO)
• Provider Network of America
• Regence - Oregon & Washington
• Samaritan Health Plan
• TriWest Healthcare Alliance
• United Healthcare