Nursing training rooms at Albury TAFE were offered to Albury Wodonga Health at the beginning of the pandemic, with the organisations working closely since.
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And a new Diploma of Nursing is intended to help fill the nursing workforce gap on the Border.
Jonathan Davis, the head of customer and stakeholder relations at TAFE NSW, said a MOU had been signed with AWH.
"One of the things that we're talking about longer-term is whether we can deliver training on-site (at the hospital)," he said.
"When COVID struck, one of the initial conversations between ourselves and AWH was if there was a big influx of COVID patients ... could we accommodate some of the other non-critical patients here?
"Luckily, that never transpired ... but it just shows what's possible in the future.
"These sorts of relationships are really important."
Albury's Rienie Fourie is among the first cohort of nursing students, who will graduate enrolled nurses later this year, and she is already working casually at an aged care facility.
"I used to be in accounting and auditing and I just decided I would really like to do something where I can serve people," she said.
"We started in July last year ... we went on a two-week placement at an aged care facility.
"Then we had the second block and we went on acute placement.
"I went to Tumbarumba Hospital. It was really nice and the staff were amazing.
"To anyone else thinking about it, it's really a wonderful career."
Registered nurse Danielle Roberts is teaching the 18-month course.
"Our students will become an enrolled nurse in industry and the course comprises of clinical skill days, theory and also going out on 440 hours of clinical placement all across this area," she said.
"The demand for nursing is obviously very high at the moment and particularly because of the COVID situation."
AWH nursing and midwifery executive director Sally Squire said the creation of their public health unit, with its testing, contact-tracing and vaccination activities, compounded their need for nurses.
"We've certainly noticed over the last 18 months ... that we have had increased demand for our nursing and midwifery workforce in our health service," she said.
"This is not just a local challenge.
"The program will be an important part of providing the workforce to AWH and other health services including aged care facilities across our region.
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"It's not only that pre-registration (training) ... but looking at how we can partner with TAFE to deliver some postgraduate courses to make sure our existing staff have the skills and knowledge they need."
TAFE NSW is opening intake for its second Diploma of Nursing cohort at Albury, with the course beginning in September.
A special information session for prospective students will be held on Monday, June 21 from 10am to 1pm at the TAFE NSW Albury library - drop-ins are welcome.