I don't own one of these Dennis but basically they're just a small EQ mount so the same set up procedures apply to this as the bigger ones. Once you think you have the mount close to pointing at the SCP, level your mount with whatever the mount has to accomplish this. (bubble level?)
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Now this is all in one piece- does the mount stay locked into the same reference point and the lens aligned and focused on the object?
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Yes.
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Is it then simply a case of turning the tracker on and proceeding to take photos.
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Yes, but only if you've polar aligned the mount after you have levelled it.
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If the mount is always in the same geo spot and alignment spot how do I account for that variation
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The mount, if it has GOTO functionality, will find the moon from your home position once you tell it to, which is where you should be now before you start observing. If you don't have GOTO, don't move the mount, leave it in this aligned home position. Just loosen the clutches and manually slew the telescope to where the moon is in the sky and once locked in, it should track it for you.
Others may offer better advice on this for you.