Wake County
Clinic · Raleigh, NC
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What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Clinic
- Shifts hiring now
- Days 2
The city
Living in Raleigh, NC
Raleigh's oak-canopied streets frame a city where RNs live about 2% below the national cost average while working near systems like UNC Rex and WakeMed. After shifts, Glenwood South's restaurant row and Umstead's deep-forest trails deliver urban buzz and Carolina quiet in the same afternoon — a rare mix for bedside nurses putting down roots.
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- 2% below the national average
- BEA index 98.2 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,572/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $85,395/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
Wake County Government, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, is one of the state's largest and oldest governmental entities, founded in 1771 and employing approximately 3,841 people.
- Clinic · Raleigh
- Hiring days
- Sign-on bonus · 3 roles
More about Wake County
Within its Human Services division, Wake County operates Public Health Clinics that deliver healthcare services to children and adults, ranging from treatment to health education. Nursing roles within Wake County include Clinic Registered Nurses who work in outpatient public health settings, supporting programs such as the Refugee Health Clinic, immunization services, and other public health initiatives. Nurses here focus on illness prevention and promoting optimal physical and social health in the community. As a public sector employer, Wake County Government positions itself as an employer of choice through its Human Resources department, which emphasizes quality, innovative, data-driven, and customer-focused programs. The organization values collaborative, results-oriented approaches and seeks to meet workforce needs while valuing the unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of its employees. Nursing professionals considering Wake County should expect a mission-driven environment centered on community public health rather than acute hospital care.
Wake County's core values emphasize acting with respect, dignity, and integrity, including honesty, transparency, and respect in all interactions. The HR mission is to partner strategically with employees and leadership to provide quality, innovative, data- and customer-driven human resource programs. The vision is to meet human resource needs in a collaborative, results-oriented, and customer-focused way, valuing unique backgrounds and perspectives, and working collectively to make Wake County Government an employer of choice.
Working here
Culture and working life
What to consider
Glassdoor listings reference 139 total reviews for Wake County Government and 25 reviews for Wake County Human Services, with specific school nurse reviews also available.
The good
- Mission-driven public health focus on illness prevention and community health promotion
- Large, stable government employer with approximately 3,841 employees and long institutional history
- Core values emphasizing respect, dignity, integrity, honesty, and transparency
- Diverse clinical exposure across public health programs including Refugee Health Clinic and immunization services
- HR department focused on being collaborative, results-oriented, and customer-focused
- Commitment to valuing diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of employees
The hard parts
- Public sector compensation may be less competitive than private healthcare systems
- Government bureaucracy may slow decision-making and process changes
- Public health clinic setting may offer fewer acute care skill development opportunities compared to hospital environments
- Review content from Glassdoor was not fully accessible in research, limiting insight into specific nurse-reported challenges
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 1, 2026
- Website
- raleigh-nc.org ↗
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- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- Mon-Fri 8:00am - 5:00 pm
- New grads welcomed · reported
Clinic Registered Nurse (Southern Regional Center) - Tiered up to $5,000
$40/hr
Fuquay-Varina, NC
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- Floating required
- Sign-on bonus
- RN
- Day shift
- Floating required
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