Mrs Ruddock started working as a medical secretary in July 2017, having previously been employed by the trust as an agency worker in 2012.
She has a number of health conditions including fibromyalgia and the lasting effects of a spinal injury sustained in a crash.
When she carried out certain movements she would experience pain and on some occasions her back would spasm, leaving her immobile for up to 30 minutes.
Following an administration review, she was told she would become a senior ward administrator – a role which would be “predominantly ward based”.
She feared she would “suffer a significant exacerbation of her symptoms” if she worked on a ward, concerns which an occupational health report said were valid.