Heather Keighley is Chief Remote Area Nurse with CRANAplus, a position she holds after a long and successful nursing and midwifery career spanning decades across towns and communities of the NT. She is a passionate remote area nurse and midwife with a solid history of working across regional, rural and remote locations. In 2024 Heather was awarded the NT Administrator’s Medal for Lifetime Achievement. She serves as Board Chair for the National Rural Health Alliance. Heather is also Vice-President and Board Director for the Australian College of Nursing and is an assertive advocate for the maintenance of professional standards and recognition for rural and remote nursing and midwifery. She was a key contributor to the National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework launched in 2023.