Maritess Asong

Registered Pharmacy Technician with vast knowledge and comprehensive understanding of laws and regulations of drugs under NAPRA standards of Practice and Ontario College of Pharmacists. Well oriented with the ethics governing distribution of drugs to the diverse patient population. Can work with computer applications with MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and can communicate well both oral and written.

Registered Pharmacy Technician Intern - Michael Garron Hospital

(2025-10 - 2026-05)

• Collaboratively work with Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals in the pharmacy.
• Prepare and label medication with corresponding auxiliary for patient specific medication.
• Well orientated with Cerner and Omicell use in the Pharmacy
• Receive deliveries, barcode and compound medication in accordance with the master sheet.
• Stock medication accordingly in a first in first out bases
• Delivering patients interim doses and ward stock medication in the assigned ADU.
• Receiving and stocking, dispensing and delivering of narcotic medication with proper documentation.
• Respond to telephone inquiries, refills and missing doses.
• Prepare code kits, emergency kits with updated expiry.

Pharmacy Technician (Externship) - Shoppers Drug Mart Community

(2025 - 2025)

• Receiving prescriptions and checking for accuracy
• Preparing medication and label properly
• Answering phone inquiries
• Preparing blister packs to be checked by a Registered Technician
• Dispensing medication in the pickup area once patient arrives

Pharmacy Technician (Externship) - Trillium Hospital Mississauga

(2025 - 2025)

• Understanding the flow of the hospital
• Delivering medication in the unit along with a Registered Technician
• Use of Epic system in the pharmacy department
• Use of ATP machine and box picker machine to prepare unit dose medication under the supervision of a Registered Technician.
• Barcoding and preparing non-sterile oral syringes for patients.
• Cleaning of received IV products before storing in the IV room.
• Removing near expiry drugs from the shelves.

Practice Assessment of Competence at Entry (PACE) - Shoppers Drug Mart Community

(2026 - 2026)

• Receiving prescription and entering in the system using Health watch
• Technical verification of prescription once entered.
• Final verification ready for pick up, labelled and billed out correctly
• Answering phone inquiry from patient, pharmacist and doctors
• Receive verbal order of controlled drugs and Benzodiazepines as per regulation
• Enrolling patient in the computer to receive text when medication is ready for pick up

Pharmacy Assistant (Externship) - Shoppers Drug Mart

(2023-01 - 2023-02)

• Receive and process prescription on system (Health Watch)
• Assist in dispensing medications under the supervision of a pharmacist.
• Measure, count, and package medications accurately.
• Prepare labels for medication containers.
• Assist customers in OTC products.

Caregiver - Melissa Williamson

(2018 - 2021)

• Taking care of the baby in the absence of parents
• Taking to the playground and arranging play dates
• Feeding and giving healthy snacks and supervising

Cashier - 7-ELEVEN

(2016 - 2017)

• Responsible for cash register.
• Taking orders of food and OLG
• Maintaining cleanliness and checking expiry of products display and stocks.

Pharmacy Technician Program - Pharmacy - Anderson College Mississauga (2025 - 2025)

Pharmacy Assistant Program - Pharmacy - Medix College Toronto Campus (2022 - 2022)

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy - Pharmacy - Pharmacist (Philippines) (2007 - 2011)