Kristine Battye Consulting Pty Ltd provides project planning, research, evaluation and management services to clients in the public, not for profit and private sectors of the health industry, community services and local government.
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KBC seeks to deliver high quality outcomes to clients, underpinned by deliverables that are “do-able” and sustainable.
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The directors of KBC have extensive experience in health service planning, rural health workforce planning, general practice, project management and evaluation, general practice accreditation, and business management. KBC has a strong track record in working in rural and remote environments and with Indigenous communities.
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KBC is committed to building collaborative and functional partnerships between local service providers, local government, communities, state and commonwealth bodies.
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KBC has a demonstrated commitment to work with communities and consumers of health and community services.
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KBC has established a network of organizations and individuals to complement and expand the services that can be provided.
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KBC is a small organization, seeking to develop a team of highly skilled and motivated people offering a strong and varied skill base to clients.
Services
Our areas of expertise include:
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Project planning, development and management particularly within the primary health care sector
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Health service planning and re-engineering within a community development framework
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Development and implementation of service delivery models for rural and remote communities and Indigenous communities
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Strategic and business planning
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Personnel
Dr Kristine Battye
Director & Senior Consultant
BSc. (Hons), PhD, MBA
Dr Kristine Battye is a well-known consultant to the health sector with a wealth of experience in project planning, research, evaluation and business management services to the not for profit, public and private sectors of the health industry, community services and local government.
With a focus on deliverables that are “do-able” and sustainable, Dr Battye is renowned for producing high quality outcomes and has extensive experience right across the health landscape from health service planning and rural health to general practice and workforce planning. Coupled with a strong track record in development and implementation of service delivery models for rural and remote communities and Indigenous communities, Dr Battye brings an impressive consulting legacy.
Dr Battye’s regional health planning projects are numerous, wide-ranging, and have included workforce planning components in each. Dr Battye also has an extensive evaluation and review portfolio that includes projects throughout the Northern Territory, Queensland and NSW.
Her skills and experience in project management, evaluation and strategic planning have translated from the health sector into other sectors and industries. She also offers extensive experience in stakeholder engagement, industry scoping, information synthesis, demand forecasting and reporting.
She continues to work across government to develop and implement responses in the priority health areas of Mental Health/Social and Emotional Wellbeing and Drug and Alcohol; Chronic disease across the life course; and Family Wellbeing.
Policy development, strategic and business planning and submission writing, among many other facets of health services and policy development come within Dr Battye’s sphere of experience.
Dr Peter Stanley-Davies
Director & Senior Consultant
MBBS, FRACGP, M Appl Epid, Grad Cert Health Ec
Dr Stanley-Davies is a Director of Kristine Battye Consulting Pty Ltd. He is a General Practitioner, registered in Queensland (since 1989) and NSW (2005), attaining Vocational Registration and Fellowship of the Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) in 1992. He has been in General Practice for over twenty years, and has established and managed a large General Practice. Dr Stanley-Davies has also been a surveyor for Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited.
Dr Stanley-Davies is an accredited trainer of GPs. He has held the position of Clinical Lecturer in General Practice at the North Queensland Clinical School, University of Queensland, and is an examiner with the RACGP.
He achieved a Masters Degree in Applied Epidemiology through the Australian National University, and has been admitted as a Fellow to the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine. Dr Stanley-Davies has also completed a Grad Cert in Health Economics through Curtin University.
Dr Stanley-Davies brings a strong understanding and knowledge of the general practice clinical and business environment, together with epidemiological, qualitative and quantitative research skills.
Dr Louise Roufeil
Senior Consultant
BA (Hons), PhD, FAPS
Dr Louise Roufeil is a health psychologist with a background in academic, research, teaching and management of allied health services in rural and remote NSW. Since 2007, Dr Roufeil has worked as a consultant with Kristine Battye Consulting Pty Ltd, participating in and leading a number of projects including:
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Lead consultant to evaluation of the Medicare Benefits Schedule Type 2 Diabetes Risk Evaluation Health Assessment
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Lead consultant to evaluate a cross agency service model to respond to child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities
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Lead consultant for the Evaluation of the Greater Western Health Service Mentoring for Regional Hospitals and Cancer Professionals Project
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Lead consultant: mapping of primary health care services, identification of service gaps and access issues for Indigenous people in Dubbo, and development of a service model under the Family Centred Primary Health Care program
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Development of an educational module for GPs working with difficult patients (with RhED Consulting)
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Development of education and support materials for Mental Health Interdisciplinary Networking Workshops
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Lead consultant for the Evaluation of Community-Based Rehabilitation Teams in Queensland
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Mapping of primary health care services in the Bundaberg region (Queensland) in order to develop and evaluate a brokerage model for the Bundaberg Indigenous Wellbeing Centre
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Development of a health strategy for the Central NSW Region of Councils (Centroc)
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Development of a Social and Emotional Wellbeing Framework for the Murdi Paaki region of NSW that provided the principles for the development of the cross-agency Murdi Paaki Drug and Alcohol Network.
Dr Roufeil has extensive experience in program evaluation including quantitative and qualitative research design, data analysis, and report writing. Additionally, Dr Roufeil has skills in health service planning and development, and developing and implementing educational programs for health professionals. She has a broad understanding of the Australian health system with an in-depth understanding of issues that impact on the delivery of health and community services to regional, rural, remote and Indigenous communities. Dr Roufeil has successfully undertaken consultancies in Indigenous communities and has strong interpersonal skills that enable her to communicate effectively with a wide range of individuals, as well as government and non-government agencies and funding bodies. Over 4 years experience on the Charles Sturt University Ethics in Human Research Committee has also developed her skills in identifying and addressing ethical issues in the conduct of research.
Ms Tegan Edwards
Projects Officer
BSc. (Hons) Population Health
Tegan Edwards is a Population Health Honours graduate with experience in qualitative and quantitative research. Tegan has been working with Kristine Battye Consulting Pty Ltd since mid 2010, where she has been involved in numerous projects. In particular, Ms Edwards has assisted in health service mapping in Darwin and Maningrida; project evaluations; undertaking literature reviews in various fields; a social impact study in Bourke; and workforce planning projects. Throughout her work and university, she has developed the skills to carry out literature reviews and report writing; data synthesis and analysis; and community consultations in rural and remote Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. Ms Edwards has experience working with people from an array of backgrounds and is passionate about research and projects which engage local communities.
Tegan is currently completing her Masters of Evaluation at the University of Melbourne.
Ms Monika Rickli
Administration Manager
BCom, BBA
Monika has been with Kristine Battye Consulting as Administration Manager since early 2010.
After a successful career in property management in Switzerland, followed by over a decade as Regional Manager Asia and India – based in Sydney – for Switzerland’s largest life insurer and superannuation provider, Monika decided on a tree change and is now happily settled in Orange. She uses her extensive experience in administration - gained in a broad range of industries, a number of countries (Australia, Asia and Europe) and in various cultural environments – to support the team at Kristine Battye Consulting.