Evangelical Community Hospital Appoints New Director of Orthopaedics

Candi Taylor, RN, BSN, CRRN, ONC, has been named Director of Orthopaedics at SUN Orthopaedics of Evangelical.

In this role, Taylor is primarily responsible for all operational functions of the orthopaedic service line. This includes oversight of the clinical, financial, and administrative operations of the SUN Orthopaedics clinics, including satellite locations, and how those clinics interact with orthopaedic services connected to Evangelical Community Hospital.

Taylor is no stranger to nursing or orthopaedics as a specialty. She has over three decades of experience and has been a member of the Evangelical family of employees since 2003. Prior to that, Taylor worked as a staff nurse with SUN Orthopaedic Group for 13 years before the acquisition that made the practice part of Evangelical Community Hospital. Most recently she served as Director of Nursing of the Acute Intensive Rehabilitation Unit, the Inpatient Center for Orthopaedics, and the Lift Team at the Hospital, a position she’s held since 2005. 

Taylor received her Registered Nurse Diploma from Geisinger School of Nursing, Danville; her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Aspen University; and is currently pursuing her Master of Science Degree in Nursing from Aspen University. She is a Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse (CRRN) since 2012 and an Orthopaedic Nurse Certified (ONC) since 2018.

To learn more about orthopaedics at Evangelical Community Hospital, visit evanhospital.com.