Jacob is a registered Paramedic with the Australian Health Practitioner Agency (AHPRA). He has worked as a Paramedic in Australian and United Kingdom Ambulance Services and as a Rescue Paramedic in the Private Sector, including mining and construction. In his Paramedic role, Jacob worked to an Advanced Care Practitioner level, working on doubled crew ambulances or as a solo responder. Jacob is an Associate Lecturer at Charles Sturt University (CSU). He teaches two third-year subjects and a first-year placement subject. He is also studying for a Masters of Philosophy at CSU.

He is also involved with the StreetKind program in Sydney. StreetKind endeavours to work on positive community interactions and encourage pro-social behaviours to prevent harm to nightlife in Sydney. The Governor General has also recognised Jacob's work with StreetKind where he attended an event in honour of StreetKind.

Jacob started with CSU in 2020 as a sessional academic and began a full-time role in 2021. His teaching philosophy is creating safe spaces for students to learn and be themselves. He uses a variety of pedagogies in his teaching, including problem-based learning, flipped classrooms, gamification, and simulation. He teaches CLS103 Non-emergency Clinical Placements, BMS317 Integrating Paramedic Medical Sciences, and CLS307 Transition to Paramedic Practice. In CLS103, he teaches students about work-integrated learning and prepares students for their placements. In BMS317, he teaches about medical emergencies and includes ethical and clinical decision making. In CLS307, he prepares students to graduate and looks at continuous professional development and the Professional Capabilities for Registered Paramedics. 

Jacob is currently studying a Masters of Philosophy looking at Paramedic's perceptions of treating a patient experiencing chronic pain. He plans to create a project to move it into a PhD. His research interests also include pharmacology, geriatrics and palliative care. He has worked on a project looking at escape rooms as a new pedagogy for paramedic students and the Fit to Graduate research at CSU. Jacob also participated in the PARAMEDIC2 trial in the United Kingdom, looking at whether adrenaline was useful in cardiac arrests.