Paul Minnick named vice president of Patient Care Services
Paul Minnick, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, has been appointed vice president of Beebe Medical Center Patient Care Services. Minnick hails from Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly, N.J., where he served as the vice president of Patient Care.
Minnick is responsible for Beebe’s nursing units and for developing and implementing nursing strategy and system policies to ensure quality patient care.
He is a member of the executive staff and reports to Thomas K. Steiner, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Beebe.
“We are proud to welcome Paul to our team at Beebe Medical Center,” said Jeffrey M. Fried, president and CEO. “He has extensive knowledge and experience, and he is committed to helping us deliver quality care and services to our community.”
Minnick previously held management positions at Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System, where he also served as assistant dean of clinical practice at the nursing school. He has experience as a staff nurse and nurse coordinator at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. He has experience in process improvement in the areas of Six Sigma and other quality-related initiatives. In addition, he has shepherded his staffs into a shared-governance practice model, considered within national professional healthcare circles as a model that improves the quality and safety of care.
Minnick has roots in Delaware and in Lewes. He is a University of Delaware graduate, who earned a Johnson & Johnson Wharton nurse fellowship from Wharton, University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of several professional healthcare organizations, including the American Organization of Nurse Executives and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
