E Condor

Current Board Certified Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) since 2017. Unencumbered license, DEA; TMS certified. Currently in private practice through Penfield Psychiatry managing adult (ages 14+) caseload. Additional PMHNP experience in community mental health clinic and jail settings.

Adjunct

Lecturer for clinical instruction at St.

John Fisher University

School of Nursing 2020-2023. Additional six years’ experience as an RN-BSN in emergency and inpatient psychiatry & medicine, and over 3 years’ experience as a research assistant for studies in psychology and public health.

PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER at PENFIELD PSYCHIATRY (2023-03 – Present)

Evaluate, diagnose, and prescribe psychotropic regimens for private clients via in-person and tele-health settings. Clientele ranges from late adolescence (15 years) to older adults. Treatment focus on anxiety, trauma, depression/TRD, ADHD, OCD, EDO, psychosis, and some MAT-treatment.

• TMS certified; trained for Spravato monitoring and administration.
• Initiated formation of team meetings and events to promote ongoing communication with colleagues.

PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER (PER DIEM) at CBH MEDICAL at ONTARIO COUNTY JAIL (2020-07 – Present)

Evaluate, diagnose, and prescribe psychotropic regimen for inmates in a secure facility.

• Coordinate collaborative care with social work, correctional officers, and medical staff to identify need for sleep studies, nutrition and substance assessments.

PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER (PER DIEM) at CLIFTON SPRINGS COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC (W1) (2026-04 – Present)

Evaluate, diagnose, and prescribe psychotropic regimen for inmates in a secure facility.

• Coordinate collaborative care with social work, case management, and medical staff, delivering personalized treatment plans for medically and psychiatrically complex cases; adult patients.
• Conduct diagnostic psychiatric evaluations; medication management appointments.
• Clinically assess need for referrals to interdisciplinary treatments, interventional psychiatry, obtain collateral.

PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER at ROCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH CENTER (RMHC) of ROCHESTER REGIONAL HEALTH (2017-08 – 2024-04)

Evaluate, diagnose, and prescribe psychotropic regimens for psychiatrically, medically, and socioeconomically complex adult patients, including the seriously and persistently mentally ill, and chemically addicted. Monitor tolerance and therapeutic response in medication management appointments.

• Conduct sessions in-person and remotely via tele-psychiatry platforms including Doximity, Doxy.me, and Zoom during COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Lead weekly team meetings consisting of therapists, psychiatrists, and nurse practitioners to plan treatment, identify high-risk patients’ need for crisis intervention/stabilization, and provide support for the teams’ ongoing professional development.
• Coordinate collaborative care with inpatient psychiatry; refer and consult with multidisciplinary providers on treatment objectives (sleep medicine, additional psychological testing, chemical dependency treatment, neurology).
• Precept graduate level nursing students for their NP clinical experience (over 225 hours; fall-spring 2021).
• Created a Controlled Substance Protocol for Rochester Regional Health Behavioral Health sites. This protocol reflects best practice guidelines for the prescribing and assessment practices of controlled substances.

Adjunct Lecturer for Clinical Simulation Lab at St. John’s Fisher College (2020-08 – Present)

• Lectured in-person and remote Clinical Simulation Lab to undergraduate nursing students for the psychiatric clinical rotation.
• Weekly synchronous lectures focused on topics of therapeutic communication and de-escalation skills; motivational interviewing techniques; psychosis and thought disorders; anxiety disorders; trauma experience and diagnostics; substance use disorders and nursing assessment for use and withdrawal. Asynchronous content was reviewed and graded.
• Communicated regularly with course instructors and clinical floor instructors for students’ final case presentations, which synthesized Simulation lecture content and clinical floor experience.

Adjunct Lecturer for Clinical at SUNY Brockport (2020-01 – 2021-01)

• Educated and oriented undergraduate 4 year and accelerated nursing students to their psychiatric nursing clinical rotation at St. Mary’s Hospital.
• Demonstrated therapeutic communication skills and de-escalation techniques. Students shadowed nurses to learn of typical floor RN duties and navigated EMR for case presentations. Assisted student formulation of patient presentations and assessment skills for MSE.
• Lectured via BlackBoard and Zoom during COVID-19 pandemic “remote clinical” (March 2020-May 2020) on topics of serious mental illness, violence, trauma, therapeutic communication, coordination of care, and creation and implementation of treatment plans.
• Communicated with the class instructor regarding course content, student questions, and assignment completion. Graded written assignments.

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Master’s Practicum at Genesee Mental Health Center Adult Outpatient Clinic (2016 – 2017)

448 hours Clinical Training

• Evaluated for psychiatric conditions and prescribed clinically indicated medications per best practice; provided psycho-education on diagnosis, medications, and treatment plan; engaged in inter-professional case collaboration; utilized assessment tools to measure outcomes (PHQ-9; AIMS, GAD-7); monitored and interpreted pertinent lab work; communicated with other patient services to provide coordinated, synergistic care.

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Master’s Practicum at The Healing Connection Eating Disorder Clinic (2016)

114 hours Clinical Training, Spring 2016

• Conducted comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and prescribed psychotropic medications for adolescents and adults with eating disorders. Applied concepts of Motivational Interviewing (MI) and CBTi. Co-facilitated group therapy sessions.

REGISTERED NURSE – LEVEL II (INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY (2-9200)) at STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (2014 – 2017-05)

Engaged in a key floor nursing role on an interdisciplinary team to deliver effective strategies for psychiatric stabilization of adult inpatients. Applied communication and interpersonal skills during the leadership of therapeutic group activities including skill building and health promotion.

• Managed other team members as a primary weekend charge for Fall 2015.
• Educated patients on medications, diagnosis, and pathology as well as patient rights and court process.
• Facilitated therapeutic group activities (skill building; health promotion).

REGISTERED NURSE – LEVEL II (GENERAL MEDICINE (6-1200)) at STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (2014 – 2014)

Delivered compassionate care to adult and geriatric patients in the peritoneal dialysis and sickle cell crisis unit. Completed physical assessments and documented and initiated interventions for abnormal findings.

• Completed procedures including blood transfusions and the administration of medication via PO, IV, IM, SQ.
• Created behavioral treatment plans for psychiatrically and medically complex patients.

REGISTERED NURSE – LEVEL II (COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY PROGRAM (CPEP)) at STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (2012 – 2014)

Triaged and evaluated patient cases involving lethality, acute relapse, co-morbidities, and drug-drug interactions. Aided in the de-escalation of distressed patients.

• Led staff as the Charge RN while overseeing patient admissions and staff performance.
• Collaborated with the family and interdisciplinary team on patient care plans and dispositions.
• Trained new staff in the Preceptor role and demonstrated clinical competencies for students and residents.

Research Assistant at Syracuse University’s Center for Health and Behavior at Monroe County STD Clinic (2008-07 – 2010-01)

• Interviewed STD clinic patients for two, NIH grant-funded projects investigating childhood sexual abuse and its relation to adult sexual risk behavior.
• Trained new research assistant on study and clinic protocols.

Research Assistant at University at Buffalo Psychology Department Psycholinguistics Laboratory (2006-09 – 2008-05)

• Screened prospective participants on various studies including structural priming and subject/object relative clauses.
• Developed and piloted experimental materials.
• Trained new lab research assistants on study and lab procedures to enable independent work.

Intern at Summit Educational Resources (2007-09 – 2007-12)

• Tested children using behavioral assessment scales (CDI, BASC-II, MASC).
• Coded video data for studies to assess the behavior of children with developmental disorders.

Research Clinician at Camp Connections of Summit Educational Resources (2007 – 2007)

Summer 2007

• Counselor on clinician team working with children, ages 6-12, with Asperger’s Disorder to enhance social skills.
• Implemented applied behavioral analysis (ABA) in individual treatment plans.

Intern at Elmcrest Children’s Center (2006 – 2006)

Summer 2006

• Completed 120+ hours of observation and shadowing of a cross-disciplinary team (speech, occupational, and physical therapists) working in an inclusive Special Education Preschool Program (SPICE).

Research Assistant at University at Buffalo, Psychology Department Interpersonal Processes Lab (2005-09 – 2005-12)

• Interviewed study participants and administered surveys designed to assess the effects of self on intimate relationships in college students and newly married heterosexual couples.

Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (FPMHNP) Master’s Program in Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – University of Rochester School of Nursing (2017-05)

Bachelor of Science – Nursing (BSN) in Nursing – University of Rochester School of Nursing (2011 – 2012)

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Health & Human Services – University at Buffalo (2004 – 2008)