Nurses held their first clinic day on Monday with eight community members booked in.

Clinic manager Lauren Blatchford said staff were excited to be part of the historic moment.

"We first had to request for information, and that was back in January," she said.

"About six weeks later, we found out we were accepted to deliver the COVID vaccinations here.

"We got our first batch last Monday and we've since been getting everything organised.

"We have approximately 3000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders on our books.

"We're thinking the 80 doses will take us through maybe three weeks and then we'll get the next batch, which will probably be about 100 doses."

Under phase 1b of the Commonwealth program, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 55 and over and those aged 18 years and above with a medical condition are eligible.

Phase 1a continues at other vaccination sites, but as a Aboriginal community health service, AWAHS could launch its program.

Staff held a live question-and-answer last week for their community.

Ms Blatchford said there was understandably some hesitancy but expected take-up to increase as nurses had more conversations.

"Some have booked in straight away," she said.

"We're trying to reassure everyone that it has gone through the normal process with the TGA so it's perfectly safe.

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"Phase 2 will be later in the year which is the general population."

Ms Blatchford said vaccinations were routine for her team, as AWAHS runs numerous adult and child programs, but vaccinating for COVID-19 was a crucial undertaking.

"It's great to be able to provide that here at the Aboriginal health service so the community have somewhere to go that's culturally appropriate," she said.